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...third mistake was less profound: My remarks opened the door for misinterpretation, especially by left-wing bloggers. Within hours, The Nation's perpetually intemperate Eric Alterman was "reporting" that I'd come out in favor of "nuking Iran." Which opened the door for another tedious chorus of "Klein Is not a liberal" and other, more mangy imprecations. Let me give credit where it's due: I probably would not be writing this were it not for all the left-wing screeching. The Stephanopoulos moment came and went ephemerally, as TV moments do, leaving a slight, queasy residue - I knew that...
...same as seeing it. To help, Turnhere.com posts free short videos of popular destinations around the world to watch online or on an iPod. One of the best is about top spots in Reykjavík. The site is new. Many of its films are worthwhile, though some can be tedious...
...assigned to their posts by the UC, and not voted into them by the student body. As it stands today, indirect elections discourage sensible and thorough platforms when candidates are running. Since students do not know which committee they will eventually be on, they run campaigns filled with tedious generalizations and clichéd trivialities—“longer dining hours” anyone? A lack of platforms has also resulted in UC elections turning into popularity contests. Last May, a bill was proposed to the UC to shift to direct elections and attract more people eager...
...sprawl into bloated, albeit atmospheric, songs, Editors maintain the same calculated, tight sound throughout. Alas, like Interpol, Editors suffer from mediocre and repetitively bleak lyrics. Because their vocal range and guitar style is already rather limited, lyrical diversity could have provided Editors with much-needed variety, but instead the tedious lyrics only compound the band’s repetitive sound. On the first track, “Lights,” Smith announces, “I’ve got a million things to say.” If only it were true. That much...
...just as everyone regards the once ingenious and light hilarity of Tolstoy to be a tedious and dated chore, so, too, will future students of DigiMedia 1025: “The 21st-Century Tele-epic” complain of length and incomprehensibility. That’s why you should get on the bandwagon now, before any of the jokes...