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What about the oft repeated recent finding that most U.S. households are no longer home to a married couple? That's true, but just barely, and it also has something to do with widowhood. Married-couple households now make up only 49.7% of the total. But roughly 52% of all households are headed by either a married couple or someone who has been widowed. The death of spouses should not be confused with the death of marriage...
...Departed,” which grossed over $100 million, none of the nominees have done very well at the box office. The category’s very noticeable absence of “Dreamgirls” incited controversy. Despite having the most nominations—a grand total of eight, due largely to three for Best Original Song—the film failed to make the cut, a first in Oscar history. However, the Academy has acknowledged the brilliant star-making turn of Jennifer Hudson and veteran comedian Eddie Murphy. What replaced “Dreamgirls” is surprise...
...Harvard hosted No. 1 Trinity College in a premier showdown last night. The mutual dislike between the two top teams continued to boil as the game hinged on the final match. After trailing 2-1 early on, the men’s squash team tied the total at four matches apiece, but could not secure the final tally. The 5-4 loss marks the Crimson’s first defeat this season...
...Destroyer?” sets gloomy lyrics to undeniably upbeat hooks, startling the listener to bittersweet effect. The best example is “A Sentences of Sorts in Kongsvinger.” Leadman Kevin Barnes sings, “I spent the winter on the verge of a total breakdown while living in Norway” over an irrepressible synth, making it impossible to decide whether to dance or to cry. Most of the album consists of catchy drum machine beats and happy electronic melodies. However the album’s turning point, “The Past...
...offer a taste of Mercer & co.’s old-school eclecticism before they too fall victim to the album’s noisy, unnecessary fuzz. Even the softly spoken ballad, “A Comet Appears,” is too familiar to be considered a total reinvention and too mediocre to hold a place with the rest of The Shins oeuvre. The Shins’ old albums gave us quirky, inventive music that became corrupted by association. “Wincing the Night Away” is corrupted from the get-go, and it seems to have...