Word: walls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attempt to remindfans of the energy of Springsteen's youth, and toconvince them of the profundity of his olderyears. It attempts to convince the listener thatthere are definite connections between his personaat opposite ends of a quarter-century recordingcareer. Tracks argues that fans of theyoung Springsteen, screaming through a wall ofsound, are indeed also fans of the olderSpringsteen, alone with his acoustic guitar. Butwhile continuities are evident on Tracks,far more present is the sense that Springsteen haslost the connection between music and lyric, thedriving and unavoidable force of his vocal linesas they were propelled by the slap-happyenthusiasm...
Pulled up by a humming economy-and Wall Street success during the last five years-Harvard's endowment has soared. But the University's top decision-makers have played it cautious, fearing a market drop...
There is a good argument to be made that Pinochet's extradition has been less than fair, and in a recent Wall Street Journal article, former British foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind claims exactly that. Pinochet's arrest would give international weight to the rulings of a single Spanish judge; his arrest, if demanded by unitary actors as it is now, would be clearly biased and unfair: "The proper courts of law for international criminals," Rifkind claims, "are international courts...
...hammer... A woman who sat in front of BOB VILA on an airline flight is seeking $127,000 from the world's most famous handyman for pain and mental anguish. Carol Berger claims that Vila, host of Home Again, took a break from pounding dry wall to pound the back of her seat with his foot and fist during a flight from Denver to Eugene, Ore. She didn't mention why. Vila issued a statement calling the allegation "baseless" and says he has never met Berger. Maybe he was just annoyed that her seat and tray table were...
...That's why I became a jazz musician. You can't really say you got a gig if you work on Wall Street...