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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...majority of the men and women in Iraq are typical, hard-working Americans who are filled with a powerful sense of purpose, risking a much higher probability of being killed than the typical waitress or auto mechanic. One only needs to listen to the thump of mortars during the night to remember that life in Baghdad is unlike life anywhere else...

Author: By Henry I. Stern, | Title: Vacation in Baghdad | 2/25/2004 | See Source »

...very long time since a Pakistani leader has praised an Indian Prime Minister so sincerely. Simultaneously, Pakistan gave a written commitment that it would "not permit any territory under [its] control to be used to support terrorism in any manner," the most definitive response to India's constant drum thump on that issue?and, presumably, a reaction to the attempts on Musharraf's life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road That Must Be Taken | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

London’s Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton are house music’s biggest sellouts. The pair have so relentlessly contaminated house’s righteous four on the floor thump that Jaxx tracks readily tear apart dance floors of any persuasion other than indie. On Kish Kash, they finally complete their music’s dissolution into the poptastic...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: New Music | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

...still coax a smile and a nod of the head—Batman, Thai food and Applebee’s are all namechecked in just the first two tracks. Grand Buffet’s most distinctive beats are also their most effective ones, from the minimalist thump of “Barbecue Gloves” to the piercingly deep bass of “Intruder Excluder” and “Nate Kukla’s History of Lemonade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 9/26/2003 | See Source »

...whose pulverizing bassline and stainless snares sound more computerized than crunk. But soon the album’s pulled in opposite directions by tracks like Charles Manier’s “At The Bottle” (whose post-Kraftwerk synths and four-on-the-floor thump sound made for anime dancefloors) and a Telefon Tel Aviv rework of Midwest Product’s “A Genuine Display.” The latter’s rainy fragility is the compilation’s wildcard, showing that indie introspection can paint hip-hop and tech-house rhythms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 9/26/2003 | See Source »

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