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...people, each of whom does the same for three more individuals and so on--until, presumably, peace is established in the Middle East. This is not dissimilar to Frank Capra's John Doe movement and, indeed, the movie ends on a populist-sentimental note that's in Capra's vein, but shamelessly so. It's Capra-corn without the Capra craft...
...Whitey's, Everlast works the same musical vein but makes the focus of his storytelling almost exclusively the rush of feelings that coursed through him as he recovered from surgery--his own postcards from the edge. On I Can't Move, he tells how a part of him flirted with death, almost welcoming it: "Want to get near it, close enough to fear it, close enough to hear it," he sings. In the marvelous, bouncing Babylon Feeling, he regrets that his own obsession with materialism may have led him straight to a hospital bed: "My heart is broke, my will...
...other museums will offer their own less glamorous versions of the art/fashion/music nexus. On Nov. 5, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts unveils "Dangerous Curves: Art of the Guitar," a 350-year survey that's heavy on the post-Stratocaster era. In the same vein, the Brooklyn Museum of Art will premiere "Hip-Hop Nation: Roots, Rhymes, and Rage" on Sept. 22, a survey of rap culture from its beginnings in the late 1970s. Pick your outfit...
Like these: A sarcastic feint won't do. The vein you seek is called the jugular. If you draw your sword, you must use it to kill. There's nothing more embarrassing to watch than incompetent nastiness...
...WHAT SHAPE ARE CHENEY'S BYPASS GRAFTS? For technical reasons, most of his grafts must have come from veins in his legs. After about 15 years, many leg-vein grafts become blocked as well...