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...caught me off guard at first: as a member, you order up used CDs for $1 a pop (plus 49 cents in postage). How can that sustain itself? I asked. The answer is La La?s twist on the Golden Rule: "The number of CDs you receive will depend on how many CDs you ship to other members...
...figure skating: Time said the pairs figure-skating team of Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao "nabbed the silver." Nabbed indeed. Zhang Hao flung his partner into the air with all the grace of a stevedore hurling a sack of cement onto a ship. That Zhang Dan didn't sustain a more serious injury is a miracle. Zhang Hao's seeming disregard for the safety of his partner was nothing but a savage show of physical strength and should have been heavily penalized by the judges, no matter how the couple executed their moves after the chuck. You describe their victory...
...bluesy guitars. Case delivers a passionate vocal performance and doubles her own voice to give the impression of a backing chorus—the result is mesmerizing. Heady tracks like “John Saw That Number” highlight the album’s single flaw: it cannot sustain the momentum of its best songs for the duration of the album. Notably, the songs that intervene between “John” and “At Last”—while perfectly listenable—are not nearly as engaging as what comes before...
...Some movement is definitely better than none.” Simon added that he hopes his book will be an influence that will help people, especially college students, over a lifetime. “Now is the time to develop patterns that can sustain you for life,” he said...
...late. Afghan officials say Taliban commanders are using money from druglords to finance a guerrilla force that could sustain an insurgency for years. A continued source of irritation for military officials is the infiltration of militants from Pakistan; many Afghan officials believe that elements in Pakistan's intelligence agency, which midwifed the Taliban in its early years, are conspiring with the religious parties that govern Pakistan's border regions to create a safe haven for Taliban commanders and a launching pad for attacks--including around 25 suicide bombings in the past six months--throughout Afghanistan. Helmand Governor Mohammed Daud told...