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...perhaps an inevitable consequence of European parliamentary elections that voters in country after country across the continent so often choose to thump national politicians over distinctly domestic issues. As the results of Thursday's Europe-wide poll trickled in late Sunday, nowhere was that more evident than Britain. Rounding off an abysmal week for Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister's Labour Party slumped to third in the Euro vote with just 15.7% of the vote, far behind the opposition Conservatives and trumped even by the U.K. Independence Party (UKIP), a fringe group whose singular focus is to get Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Elections: A Blow to Brown, Boost for Merkel | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...deepened. Felicity’s hands slid from Roxanna’s shoulders down her creamy back. Roxanna’s fingers were still cradling Felicity’s face. With a sigh, Roxanna and Felicity sank downwards toward Roxanna’s bed. They landed with a slight thump that broke the contact of their lips. Felicity opened her eyes and drew back. Roxanna blinked at her, her rosebud lips parted.Felicity sprang off the bed. “You trollop!” she said between gritted teeth. “You think you can seduce...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...spike? In retirement communities and suburban culs-de-sac, battery-powered carts are a cheap, energy-efficient way to move around the neighborhood. And in the street, drivers are more likely to thump against the pavement or, worse, collide with a car; more than half the incidents tallied in these studies took place off the golf course. Also, carts are getting faster--some go 25 m.p.h. (40 km/h)--but still often lack basic protections like seat belts or side rails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf's Crash Course | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

Somewhere between the giddy, manic weirdness of 2005’s “Get Behind Me Satan” and the gut-busting wheeze of last year’s “Icky Thump,” White Stripes’ prime mover Jack White decided to take a break from his own expectations and tried to satisfy some of his fans’. Of course, the perennial question on the minds of every new-blues neophyte grooving to the likes of “Fell in Love with a Girl” or “Ball...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Raconteurs | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

Wide-eyed and twitching, Born Ruffians’ eponymous debut EP was as excitable as a six-year-old waiting in line for a SpongeBob ice pop. Thumping cuts like “I’m One of Those Girls” gained the Midland, Ontario trio loads of attention in the blogosphere, and tours with indie heavyweights Hot Chip and Peter, Björn and John have helped them establish a pretty sizeable fan base for such a young band. Their sophomore effort and first full album, “Red, Yellow & Blue...

Author: By Ross S. Weinstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Born Ruffians | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

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