Word: vein
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Branch is not revolutionary in the vein of Maverick’s last breakout artist, Alanis Morisette, who refocused attention on female solo artists; rather, Branch ventures into well-worn territory, pushing outwards slightly on the edges of the path she treads. Her voice—fresh, controlled and similar to that of a fuller, richer Natalie Imbruglia has a touching frankness and honesty devoid of pretense. Throughout this 14-track outing, Branch muses openly and unapologetically about love. With lyrics sentimental but not saccharine, she opens up a soul obviously already mature. When describing such a precocious talent...
...Then came Friends, an even more phenomenal success. Set in Pusan, the film, released in March, tapped a deep vein of nostalgia in South Korea, where a shaky economy and the go-go pace of life in the Internet fast lane have left many pining for simpler times. Koreans now routinely repeat the movie's best lines, using the rough accents of Pusan gangsters. Comic-strip versions circulate on the Internet, and tourists now make pilgrimages to Pusan. The movie has been particularly popular with men in their late 30s and 40s, who went to school when the Prussian-style...
...could be as much of a privilege to dive into Crowe's brain as Bob Dylan's or Kurt Cobain's, but Crowe's music, like Thornton's, is competent, inoffensive and short on surprises. While Thornton's record is country-inflected and Crowe's is in the vein of Bruce Springsteen, they are both deadly serious and seriously ponderous. As musicians, both men appear to emote first and consider putting on a good show as an afterthought. With those priorities, making music lots of people want to hear requires exceptional gifts indeed...
Some of my favorite stories are about individuals who rekindled the fire with an old flame who happened to be an Internet executive, just long enough to get put on the "friends and family" list for IPO shares. Talk about deceit. In that vein, what about husbands and wives who never confided the risks they were taking with big bets on a stock like Rhythms NetConnections...
...same vein, public universities usually spent 7,000 to 15,000 dollars per undergraduate, with tuition covering only about half the cost in some cases...