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...create the illusion of a studio band, here every element is used to its fullest potential. The song’s focal point is a distorted electric guitar part that approaches heaviness, but the rest of the track is filled out with nuances, from whining violins that swoop over the energetic drumbeat to pick-scrapes and harmonics. The studio allows Darnielle to explore rock music in all its glorious, messy details. Of course, all the emotional hallmarks that make a Mountain Goats song recognizable are intact. In “Autoclave,” Darnielle’s predictable refrain...
...challenges in the contest are growing, not shrinking. Giuliani's campaign has always been based on an unlikely hunch: that the G.O.P. would splinter in the early states between religious, economic and foreign policy conservatives, permitting someone with name recognition, a bundle of cash and enough overall appeal to swoop in and restore order when the big wave of primaries and caucuses occurred in early February, including Missouri...
...deportation order, made a risky move: she emerged from the storefront church, drove from Chicago to Los Angeles, and gave a series of very public speeches over the weekend. By Monday, the 32-year-old single mother was in Tijuana, having been arrested and deported in one fell swoop...
...fell swoop we’ve gone from not even being on the playing field in terms of consideration of smoking in ratings to having it on the same level as sex and violence,” he said. “You can’t hit a grand slam without bases loaded, and this was a clean single to center field...
...high-frequency-the opposite to the brain waves of deep sleep, more like what goes on when a person is awake, thinking and talking. Awoken from this paradoxical state that Aserinski and Kleitman called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, subjects could usually recall vivid dreams. In a single swoop, the pair had not only uncovered what many regard as a third state of consciousness, but raised expectations that the mysteries of how and why we dream might soon be solved...