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...their stiff-upper-lip stoicism, the British go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs over any native band that can gin up three chords and an attitude. The latest kings of England are the Arctic Monkeys, four lads who got guitars for Christmas in 2001, mastered them quickly, toured the country and handed out home-burned CDs of songs that were then uploaded to the unsigned-band portal MySpace.com Their following metastasized to the point that the band sold out the famed London Astoria last year on word of mouth. When a record-company bidding war ensued, the Arctic Monkeys signed with...
...When she spoke to reporters at a press conference on Saturday afternoon, Kwan did not let on that she had actually strained a muscle during a fall at the practice session just an hour before. "Yesterday I woke up stiff, so I headed to the rink early to do my usual jump rope and stretching (to warm up before getting on the ice)," she said on Sunday. "Twenty minutes (into the session), I was still stiff, and tried to skate it off, but I was not at ease. I did three jumps, and on the triple flip, when I flipped...
...novel (166 pages) with a price ($40) that reflects its luxurious production. The other book, Ganges #1 by Kevin Huizenga, co-published by Fantagraphics Books and Coconino Press, looks like an indie comic book - a really nice one - with 32 large-sized pages, two colors (black and blue), a stiff paper cover and an equally stiff price ($8) for the page count. The simultaneous appearance of these two very different comix exploring very similar themes makes for an interesting comparison of styles...
...standings. Both St. Lawrence and Clarkson have to play Princeton this weekend, with all three at the top of the ECAC standings. After Harvard takes on Brown in an attempt to knock off the ECAC leader, it will change its focus to the Bulldogs. Yale has posed stiff competition in its recent bouts with the Crimson. The Bulldogs have beaten Harvard twice in the last two years after a span of two decades during which the Crimson dominated the rivalry. Yale goalie Sarah Love has played the key role in the Bulldogs’ renewed power in the rivalry, stopping...
Delicate, stiff, and with wrinkled edges, the skin’s coloring is a subdued yellow, with sporadic brown and black splotches like an old banana. The skin is not covered in hair or marked by tattoos—except for a “Harvard Law Library” branding on its spine. Nothing about it shouts “human flesh” to the untrained...