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...recent report overseen by former Army Major General John Batiste, who headed the 1st Infantry Division and has been a vocal critic of the Administration's handling of the war, says the choice Bush faces in Iraq is stark: "We have reached the point where we need to ask the question whether it is more important to preserve the country of Iraq with its fa?ade of democratic government, or protect our own national security interests...
...might even learn something. For aside from the cinnamon and schmaltz that infuse many carols, the great American Christmas songbook affords young people their most sustained exposure to the vocal skills of the early to mid 20th century. I speak of pitch, clarity, enunciation, the artfully natural wedding of lyric and melody, intellect and emotion - what used to be called singing. Ignore the lofty, dewy texts of these songs, if you want, and attend to the care the singers invest in the succession of notes, the chain of aural imagery. You might ask: Where has this been all my life...
...gutter, she was the voice of mature eroticism. She sexualizes a neutral song like "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (undermelody: "Big fat Santa's on his way"), turning Saint Nick into a sugar daddy. Mostly, though, the mood is one of longing and regret, which suits a vocal style so intimate it was practically internal. Her beautiful "White Christmas" emphasizes the distance between the singer and the people she wants to be near. In the Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn "Christmas Waltz," the chorus goes: "And this song of mine / In three-quarter time / Wishes you the same thing...
...wanted to do as much as possible because right now nobody is complaining about anything,” he said. “We’re not getting reports. All of them ended in September.” Students, however, say they have been vocal about the vermin their midst. “There are always plenty of complaints about the [cockroach] issue,” Jessica R. Rosenfeld ’07 wrote in an e-mail. Rosenfeld, herself a former Lowell resident, is currently taking a semester abroad in Argentina, but felt strongly enough about the cause...
...went to overtime,” freshman guard Jeremy Lin said. “They’re a very quality team, so I felt like this was the biggest win of the season.”Playing in front of a packed house of 2,327 vocal fans at Patrick Gym in a game that was televised locally on CN-8, Harvard executed big play after big play down the stretch to keep the game close and eventually overtake Vermont.Most of those plays came from sophomore point guard Drew Housman, who scored a career-high 25 points...