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...nuance can suddenly turn self-conscious and, worst of all, you can finally make that big blunder that you miraculously avoided last time round. Beck's new album, Mutations, suffers from these post-success symptoms all over the place. Rather than depart too much from his established persona or strain too hard to maintain his position at the forefront of the electronica vanguard, Beck holds back like a worried date, making minimal headway in order to wreak minimal havoc. No hard core fans will be distressed by the modest, competent roots rock that dominates Mutations...
Assistance in dealing with the emotional strain caused by the flooding is being provided by University Health Services (UHS) and the Bureau of Study Council...
Farooq's speech comes at a time of high strain in the Indian sub-continent due to the detonation of atomic bombs in both India and Pakistan...
...gallery where they could watch the House take up the issue that it has entertained only twice before in 224 years. Some of them brought the Federalist papers in their fanny packs. Security guards, whose job is to keep the chamber doors closed, propped them open to strain for a few words of debate. Some news shows carried it live...
...screen curves and stretches upward on all sides until the panels catch up with each other and meet harmoniously in a perfect half-sphere, forming a deceivingly delicate, pearly shell that encompasses and dominates the audience for the entire show. The viewer might be tempted to complain about neck strain, but the seats do recline. Besides, when the movie actually starts, one will realize that this is the only way to be surrounded by an infinite sky, and feel the urge to fly or fall right into...