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...clearly knows how to use his voice to hook in the listener but never shows it off, deferring to the merits of the songs rather than indulging himself.Later songs like “Keep Me Down” and “UFO Love Letters” are similarly straight-ahead and thrilling. The dark melodies that hold these songs together are adorned with subtle details like whistling at the end of the latter and a scything solo in the former. “Keep Me Down” also contains some of the most direct lyrics on the record...
...regarding the age and gender of a man’s sexual partner are not at play in the Adams scandal. The story of Sam Adams—that duplicitous homosexual!—indicates something we all already knew: sometimes, politicians lie, whether they’re gay, straight, male or female. End of story. People who insist that this alone is a shocking fact—independent of Adams’s sexuality—are woefully self-deceived...
...Babbington, N.Y., think Peter did. Turns out he did cross the country, but strictly speaking, he never quite got off the ground. More than 40 years later, conscience-stricken by the effect his legend has had on the town, Peter goes about writing a memoir to set the record straight...
Slowly but surely, Harvard clawed its way back up the ECAC rankings, winning 11 straight conference games with only two losses against Boston College and New Hampshire in the last six weeks. The Crimson ended its season by capturing both the Ivy League title and the ECAC title, and comes into the tournament this weekend with a first-place seed...
...sure I've ever met anybody more straight-laced...When I tried to fix him up with dates, I'd tell them, 'He's a really nice guy, but very serious. At the end of the night, though, if you ask him in for a cup of tea, that's all he's going to ask for.'" - Seattle teacher Carol Austin, on longtime friend Locke, The Seattle Times...