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...material in the past. One of the three or so songs which manages to stand out is the opening number, “See These Bones.” A ringing guitar part and frontman Matthew Caws’ bright, clear voice start the album off on a melancholy tone that’s backed up by heavy bass and a perfect broken-down drum pattern. The double-time chorus isn’t as magnetic as these groovy verses, but the song does seamlessly switch from minor to major as it moves to a multilayered climax...
...Following this declaration however, the Tuesday magazine “application” asks a series of questions aimed at identifying “qualified candidates”—though a tone of self-derision is apparent in questions such as, “What is the capital of Papua New Guinea...
...Well, do we need more F-22 to battle Beijing? Once again, Gates depressed the generals with his unassuming tone and logic. "Looking at what I regard as the level of risk of conflict with one of those near-peers over the next four or five years until the Joint Strike Fighter comes along," he said, "I think that something along the lines of 183 is a reasonable...
...Obama would never be so tone-deaf, but he is facing a similar ceiling, a similar inability to speak to the working people of the Democratic Party (at least, those who are not African American) or find an issue, a specific issue, that distinguishes him from his opponent. And his opponent, Hillary Clinton, has proved herself tough, specific and reliable - qualities that become increasingly important as the economy teeters and as worries about the future gather in the land...
...tone of the recent letter from the U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the German government urging Germany to pony up more troops for the NATO campaign in southern Afghanistan was "stern," according to a German government spokesman. Unnamed Berlin officials were quoted in the German press calling it an "outrage" and even, in one case, an "impertinence." Nonsense, retorted a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity this week: "It was a request by one member of the alliance to another: It was not a demand." Maybe so, but the chilly reception to the missive augurs poorly...