Word: tint
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...than any band that’s ever shred. Fanboys will no doubt note that “Death Magnetic” is Metallica’s first collaboration with Rick Rubin, the legendary producer behind Slayer and System, among others; his influence lends the album its spare, deathly tint. But even as James Hetfield’s lyrics darken, the band continues to invent itself out of its songs’ subject matter. Although Hetfield vows to kill himself in “The Day That Never Comes” (“Love… is a four...
...course, it would be hard to cast What Happened as an admirable confession; it seems that McClellan waited a little too long to drop a dime on his former employer. Even in it, a rosy tint lingers around the image of Mr. Bush himself. McClellan calls him “sincere,” and displaces blame onto Rove...
...dramatic frame for her pale skin. For her three Colonel Blimp characters she had worn it in different shades and styles, from upswept scarlet to sensible russet. She was a natural for Hollywood in the postwar years, when more movies were made in Technicolor, and red was the fashionable tint for an actress. Yet in her most famous film role - anyway, film scene - she went platinum blond...
...legislature that heard Chavez's speech is itself an odd creature: Every member is allied with the President, although their workload was considerably reduced at the start of this year when Chavez began ruling by decree. The legislature is also given a rather bohemian tint by the fact that it has its own theater troupe. On the evening of Chavez's marathon address, an actor with garments evoking a past century pranced around the floor of the legislature sporting an anguished look. He shook his fists and waved his arms, pleading loudly with the crowd. He was portraying independence hero...
...doubt that even if the school board wised up to the fact that the majority of students don’t go fishing, Trout Day would never be excised from the books. It’s one of those local traditions in a small town that gleams with the tint of invincibility. Woe be to any public official who tries to remove Trout Day, because most likely the public outrage would in the end remove that official instead...