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...Hope is one word), The Great Destroyer is just as bare and beautiful as the rest of their albums. The music, although not conducive even to foot-tapping, rewards patience and silence with a beautifully austere, wintry texture reminiscent of Duluth, even in a scene saturated with New York swagger and California ennui. The perfect complement to a cold, listless winter day, Low’s music becomes more beautiful as it becomes more familiar, their maudlin, Mormon message piercing to the bone of even the most jaded big city hipster...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Slowcore Pioneers Low Born Again | 2/11/2005 | See Source »

...most colorful bloke in the bunch. "For the most part, character roles are more interesting," Cheadle says. "And more mine." Cheadle, 40, doesn't have Washington's looks. His small, lithe body is not built for Smith-like action heroism. A Cheadle character doesn't rely on swagger; he is the yeoman worker who does his job, does it well and doesn't understand why others make such a fuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: At Last, Don Cheadle Is the Hero | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

Among Washington elites, Donald Rumsfeld is the undisputed master of the press conference: a dexterous debater who undresses interrogators with a mix of septuagenarian folksiness and alpha-male swagger. That skill has helped Rumsfeld deflect blame for the mismanagement of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and keep his job as Defense Secretary for George W. Bush's second term. But when Rumsfeld fielded questions last week from soldiers preparing to move from Kuwait into Iraq, he finally met his match. Army Specialist Thomas Wilson, 31, asked the Secretary why soldiers are being sent to war in humvees and trucks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Safe Are Our Troops? | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...casual swagger was exemplified by players like center fielder Johnny Damon, the leadoff hitter whose long hair and beard evoke the style "modern caveman." His philosophy could generously be described as early developmental. "We are just the idiots," he mused during the postseason, referring to the moniker that the team had adopted. This in a city with 100 colleges. Damon was echoing his teammates' mantra: they were playing a kid's game, they were having fun, but they were also going to "grind you out." "We try to eliminate the thinking and let our natural abilities take over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holy Sox | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...desperate to beat the Yankees. Boston will have lost their jealousy of New York and will no longer be praying for that championship. Meanwhile, Yankee fans will have lost what drives them, the enjoyment they get from watching Boston screw up one more time. Sure they still have their swagger, but chanting “You’ve only won one World Series in the last 86 years!” just isn’t as satisfying as the simple...

Author: By Andrew B. English, | Title: Keep the Curse Alive! | 10/27/2004 | See Source »

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