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...Saul Williams book, Williams’ musical forays being one of the more accessible reference points for “She’s” bold take on musical synergy (especially the song “Om Nia American” on Amethyst Rock Star). “Stiff Fruit” ends things on a less chaotic note, sounding like an extraterrestrial campfire jam with Four Tet, with more than enough lyrical S’mores to go around...
...Sachs believe President Bush may be in for an equally turbulent ride during his second term. The Bush Administration is promising to reduce spending over the next five years. But as it pursues a massive plan to overhaul the nation's Social Security system, which is likely to face stiff resistance, tackling the deficits does not seem high on the agenda. Tyson said that "if there's anyone who believes" the Bush Administration will make a serious effort on the deficits, "I didn't find them." Unless priorities change, she expects short-term interest rates in the U.S. to continue...
...Bore Me Stiff. Chronologically, they're both in their late fifties, but spiritually and psychologically, Charles and Camilla appear to be somewhere in their early nineties. They were born this way, one senses, which may be why they fell in love originally and why their affair has been able to survive so much noisy public disapproval and so many years of relentless tabloid controversy. Slowly, steadily, and relentlessly, their plodding, undemonstrative tortoise love has numbed the public and put the critics to sleep, neutralizing scandal through sheer boredom and reminding us that marriage is not the only way to turn...
...number of competing schools alone precluded a dual meet, but even so, Harvard was not looking for stiff competition. Rather, Crimson coach Dave Fish ’72 indicated that he wanted his players to experiment, relax, recharge—and most of all, he wanted to give all 11 of his traveling players some valuable match experience...
...stiff resistance when—as a first-year law student—she tried to enroll in the third semester of a Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) government Ph.D. seminar. “I had to make my case to two deans before the registrar agreed to do this,” Linos says...