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...Kensington,” is the first that breaks out of the mold. “Charlyn” was one of two songs from the album released for promotional purposes, and it’s clear why. Here, Collett actually creates an original sound by including an upbeat percussion rhythm. Aside from the beat, the track isn’t much different from its predecessors, but you’ll take what you can get after the first twenty-odd minutes of repetition. The aural pleasure is short-lived, however, as the second half of the album immediately returns...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jason Collett | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...lunchtime, Cassidy spoke by telephone with his mother Kay McMullen. "Mom, there's a lift dropping huge bundles of shingles on top of the roof," she says he told her. "It seems like I'm back in Iraq again--my head is pounding." But around dinnertime he had an upbeat conversation with Melissa. He talked happily about visiting home the next weekend. Two weeks after that, he was to return for good and continue treatment at a civilian hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dying Under the Army's Care | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...against them before, but that’s how hockey goes,” sophomore Doug Rogers said. “Some games you win, some games you lose. I think we have to prepare [for BC] the same way we prepared for the game against Northeastern, just be upbeat in practice, sharp in practice.” If there is one facet of its game that Harvard could stand to improve on as it prepares for the winner-take-all rematch with the Eagles, special teams might be it. While the Crimson was a respectable...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Shot at Redemption | 2/11/2008 | See Source »

...from the Great Depression and the First World War against Bing Crosby’s rendition of “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” Though he finds the song “surprisingly applicable” to the looming economic recession, Rakoff is more upbeat about the recent electoral turnaround in Florida, claiming to be overjoyed. He’s a resident of New York City since 1983 and a dual American-Canadian citizen since 2003 and a professed liberal. “I’m so glad that reason somehow prevailed, and that...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From NPR: Books and Tape | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...candidate soldiers on to the 21 states that will vote on February 5, the campaign holds out hope that the old coalition can be reborn anew. "We feel as though the conservatives are beginning to rally around Mitt," said Ann Romney, after her husband delivered an upbeat concession speech Tuesday night, in a downtown St. Petersburg theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Romney Fighting the Last War? | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

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