Word: thinning
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...bookstore sells Cliff's Notes which have no disclaimers about plagiarizing," he said. "I wonder why Bob Smith [from B.U.'s Office of the General Counsel] has not sued Cliff's Notes. Possibly because there he will be up against heavy money...and he knows he's treading on thin...
...lyrics and lounging, lulling song structures. Portishead is another stellar work. While Dummy's sound was sweetened with recognizable melodic flavors drawn from R. and B. and gospel, the new album is stranger, more unsettling, more sour. Vocalist Beth Gibbons' voice is distorted on many of the tracks, stretched thin and left floating high and parched over shards of melody and jagged bits of rhythm. One song, All Mine, has a sound that might be described as big-band noir, with blaring horns and desperate, almost manic vocals. Another, Half Day Closing, ends with Gibbons' eerie wail twisting wraithlike into...
...equity culture to be true Nirvana, it must be permanent. Buy-and-hold means buy and hold a diverse portfolio through thick and thin. But where money is concerned, the age-old forces of greed and fear will always rule. Most investors won't stick with their stocks through years of drought any more than baseball fans will keep filling the stadium for a last-place team. And that's the risk...
Listeners used to know just what to expect in a new Juliana Hatfield album: tight, perfectly executed pop songs characterized by confessional lyrics and thin, clear vocal lines. The recordings were uniformly enjoyable, and their best songs were luscious pop gems that struck deep into the hearts of sensitive alterna-teens nationwide...
More than just identifying with Bottlecap's precarious position in the entertainment industry, Gomez's own personality seems to shine through in almost every character and situation. The third-person narrator is just a thin cover for Gomez to make explicit comments about his characters or settings. It's hard not to wonder exactly how many of the funny little stories in the novel actually happened to Gomez or one of his friends at some point...