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...Woodward??who said that he was not going to associate himself with Bernstein’s judgments—said that in his view, it was important to present the facts without trying to mix them with opinions...
Because the book has so much of an ideological slant—it is more Sean Hannity than Bob Woodward??the reader may find himself questioning whether Thomas gives a complete account of what happened at HLS in 2002. He certainly does not present his readers with some of the stronger arguments for limiting certain racist speech on campus. Thomas uses a clever tact throughout the book to preserve as much of an appearance of impartiality as possible: rather than voicing his own opinion, he peppers his book with commentary by Harvey Silverglate, who according to Thomas...
Guitarist Alun Woodward has a few moments of soaring vocals recalling Scotland’s other pop music export, Travis, but The Delgados never wander into their shoegazing territory. The album’s two strongest songs, Woodward??s “Is This All That I Came For?” and Pollock’s “Everybody Come Down” run back to back, a choice that does much to remind listeners of good ol’ pop—singable, hummable and, most of all, with just a touch of sadness...
...freshest instance of this cover-up phenomenon has not yet become a scandal, but it should. One of the revelations in Bob Woodward??s insider account of the White House at war with Iraq was that, contrary to what Bush now says, the decision to go to war was made well in advance. We know this because, in an interview, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recalled telling a foreign official (almost certainly Saudi Prince Bandar) about the plans in January. (It now appears that Bandar knew of the decision before Colin Powell.) But the quote from Rumsfeld?...
...cradles the bass, Woodward??s foot dances along the board, switching between sounds and distortions. His right hand occasionally sneaks up to adjust the knobs and buttons beside him; he varies their sound to fit the mood of each song, which range from reflective meditation (“I Wonder If The Snow Will Settle”) to self-deprecatory invective (“I’d Really Like to Hurt You”). The band readily admits the debt they owe to their obsessive-lover Brit forebears. “They always say our sound draws...