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...this talk about “image,” they seem to be forgetting the key element behind what makes a singer successful. Even in this dark time of ’NSYNC and Enrique Iglesias, singers still depend on their music more than anything else to sustain album sales and fan support. Entertainment critics talk endlessly about Madonna’s miraculous ability to “reinvent” herself and her music, but although her various costumes and public romances have helped to keep her in the spotlight, she’s ultimately stayed there because...
...says. “[Activists have] a tendency to be bipolar and I am already of that persuasion. I don’t need it more. The sit-in was an incredible emotional roller coaster and I am fairly sure I wouldn’t be able to sustain that for a long time.” Instead, Perl-Rosenthal says he plans to enter the academic world, possibly in the field of history or biology...
Cornell maintained momentum as the third period opened, continuing to sustain its possessions in the Crimson zone and making it 5-1 on a rebound by winger Denis Ladouceur just 2:15 into the frame...
...late 1990s, Walker, 60, a partner based in New York City with the law firm Cleary Gottlieb, helped the South Korean government stave off default by successfully renegotiating its bank loans. Now he is helping the South Korean microchip maker Hynix sustain its financial health. Walker was recently hired to advise the company in its discussions--including talk of a possible merger--with U.S.-based chipmaking rival Micron Technology...
...solve with scientific studies. And indeed, measuring consumption patterns or pricing a given basket of goods are technical problems that a good study can solve. But the living wage isn’t supposed to be a biological minimum, representing the most grinding misery that human beings can physically sustain. Whether a given living standard is “adequate” is decidedly not a technical question, and treating it as one serves only to obscure the true nature of PSLM’s cause...