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...titled “The Shout,” contained the lines “We were testing the range / of the human voice.” Armitage said that the poem, which recounted a childhood memory in northern England, “has become something of a signature tune.” “I think it just helps to locate me a little bit, where I’m from, the subjects I write about,” he said of the poem. Many other poems Armitage chose to read last night drew on his childhood home...
...thaw out, and either drink to celebrate the win or drink to mourn the loss (either way, you will also be drinking to celebrate the invention of the heater). Be sure to relive any exciting, embarrassing, or hilarious moments that occurred either on the field or in the stands. Tune the TV to some of the other college football games going on, and take notes from the state school crazies in order to improve your performance for next week...
...Will We Tune Out? So what is the most sensible way for us to calibrate the risks posed by H1N1? This summer, public-health authorities have worried almost as much about people's risk-benefit equation as they have about the virus. Dr. Karen Remley, health commissioner for Virginia, has noticed that most people seem to fall into one of two categories when it comes to H1N1. "There's a group of people who think it's all gone and over," she says. "There's a group who say, 'Armageddon is going to happen!' The trick is getting people...
...later burned as the Nazis took power, is now the home to a thriving democracy. The Chancellery is currently occupied by Angela Merkel, the first woman and first Ossi to become Chancellor. Barring any great upsets she will still be there after the elections, her low-key pragmatism in tune with most in her country...
...chorus has plenty of volume but not much else. Instrumentally, the vaguely Far Eastern interludes are dull and uninspired, and the lounge-style piano playing that closes out the song is just plain irrelevant. The whole six minutes feels like Queen sans the sing-alongs—and the tunes. This unmitigated disaster is immediately followed by the funereally paced “Guiding Light.” It’s no better than its predecessor, further proving that loudness doesn’t preclude tedium. “I Belong to You” is lively enough...