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...there is a theme to these shows--with their world-weary kids and less-than-super heroes--it's casting a jadedly funny, grownup eye on the memories and characters of childhood. On Harvey Birdman: Attorney-at-Law, a superhero turned lawyer defends cartoon characters--for instance, he represents Scooby-Doo's Shaggy for drug possession. The Adult Swim sensibility caters perfectly to the Gen X--Gen Y brand of nostalgia: affectionate derision for the junk of one's youth. It's like a restaurant that fashions three-star meals out of Doritos and Ring Dings...
...that's exactly how he likes it. In many ways, Jay-Z is a pioneer: the first rapper to acknowledge that he cares as much about making money as he does about making records, and the first to use acquisitiveness as the major theme of his music. He has written a few great songs about other subjects--D'Evils, an allegory about the dangers of rap life, is his personal favorite--but he says, "I've talked about wanting to have enough to get out since my first album. I was always more interested in the business side of things...
...before the 2000 presidential election, George W. Bush launched a final attack on Al Gore. "I'm worried about an opponent who uses nation building and the military in the same sentence," he said. This was, you may recall, a signature Bush theme. Nation building was for wussy foreign-policy sociologists; the military's job was to "fight and win" wars. How ironic that the good news from Iraq the Bush Administration has been touting is almost entirely due to the excellent nation-building efforts of the U.S. military...
Harvard was 6-0 and ranked 16th in the country, and with Fitzpatrick set to return against Columbia the following week the theme of the game was simply survival. Though Fitzpatrick had practiced well that Thursday—the only time he had thrown the ball in weeks—he was only supposed to see a couple of series at most...
...common theme for both the Crimson and the Stags is the reliance on young blood to fill major roles on the floor...