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...love him/She loves him” has the audacious simplicity that is often only achieved in musicals. The image of Björk as a prodigiously talented child within an adult’s body and voice is fed by her playful treatment of language, like a well-read three-year-old: “It’s not meant to be a strife,” she croons on “Undo...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Divergent Evolution: 'Blowback' and 'Vespertine' | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

...sets up his table on the street, places a money jar atop it, puts up his sign and waits for passersby to show interest in what he’s selling. He’s not peddling used books, although he is well-read; nor is he dealing drugs, though he enjoys smoking pot from an impressive-looking bong. Rather, the protagonist played by Jason Fisher in his short film Conversation For a Dollar sells just that; he gladly holds forth on any topic brought up by a paying customer...

Author: By Benjamin J. Soskin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Penny For Your Thoughts | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

Although I am inclined to agree with many of Justin G. Fong's observations concerning the East Asian population in most of the U.S., I don't think it helps to print such an article. Making a blanket statement about Asians in a well-read publication certainly does not make others view Asians in a better light. Indeed, most will lower their level of respect for all Asians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...hand it to them: They gave me what I wanted. By midnight, the only people, legally well-read or not, who didn't know exactly what the SCOTUS decision said and meant were the Gore camp, who wanted a day to scrutinize and respond to the ruling. It figures. After all, the votes for them have already been cast. The news networks go through a recount every time we grab the remote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Short Memory of TV Pundits | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

...Forum, in which an assemblage of 150 college-agers in Ann Arbor, Mich. (yes, that's a swing state), got to very slowly pepper the veep with whatever questions they'd gotten past the show's producers. Gore, strutting on the stage like a frontrunner, came through fine - well-spoken, well-read and reasonably cool. If there was no shining moment, there was also nothing in the performance to burst his current bubble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore Finds the Kids Are Alright | 9/27/2000 | See Source »

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