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...times this power overtakes Andrew. During one song he wandered into the audience, parading as the crowd made way for his motion, constricted on TT’s small stage. His stage presence is dynamic and imposing, as he moves and bends himself to the whim of his music, and chats with the crowd in his thick accent. The other members of the band seem content to let Andrew be the focus of the group and, despite drummer Gross’ outlandish costume, they avoid the live show’s spotlight...
...Bush presidential campaign, joining Teach for America and applying to law school. She is hoping to squeeze in some time to “just sleep and relax,” but admits that it’s not always easy for her to drop everything on a whim...
...either some fraction of the turnout from the first election or a lesser fraction of the total population of the district. If this turnout is not achieved, the appropriate response should be to hold elections again, not to dismiss the recall petition as merely reflecting some fickle and unimportant whim...
...these towns come up with the jobs? Companies don't move to places like Fargo on a whim; it generally takes money in the form of incentives. Arkansas has spent $700 million on roads and airports around Fayetteville over the past decade. Cities like Fort Myers and Santa Fe, N.M., offer tax-abatement packages to businesses big and small in exchange for creating jobs. So do lots of places, including big cities. That's why livability is often the clincher...
...slightly uncomfortable—that’s how we know we’re learning. The trick is to find that edge on the surface of something more familiar, so that we’re still oriented even as we’re exploring. Thursday night, on a whim, I went to see a play at the Loeb theater. The play was three hours long; it had a cast of dozens, several intertwining subplots, and playbill notes that included multiple philosophical references. It was challenging to watch, and raised more questions than it answered. Clerks...