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However, the magic is lost in the next track, “Rulers, Ruling All Things,” on which Smith and the band forget what made “Fortune” successful, reverting to the droning sound and seemingly insincere angst of the earlier tracks. The album reaches a low point on the aptlytitled “Bring Down,” with its melodramatic lyrics: “Pray for all to end / And silence be all / Now the joy has burned out and it’s gone / But I don’t know...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Midlake | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

Still, it's done fine, and that's a tribute to Cameron's insane ingenuity, the visual magic concocted by his special-effects team and the willingness of the mass audience to give their hearts to something new and pay extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avatar Ascendant | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...Haitian people can reclaim their destiny." However, he misses one point that is key to Haiti's becoming self-sustaining, and that is cultural change. The mix of West African religious and cultural influences prevalent in the country, like voodoo, sends the message that life is dictated by magic, and planning has no effect on the future. Haitian culture must be redeveloped and restructured, and although the circumstances are tragic, this is a time to change in order for the country to move forward and, as Clinton puts it, "escape the chains of the past 200 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...Continental Airlines. It was not, they insist, the Concorde's design that led to its demise; indeed the plane still has cherished status among many in France as a feat of engineering and aesthetics, hence the monument at Charles de Gaulle. (See four decades of the Concorde's supersonic magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fault of the Concorde: An Icon's Day in Court | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

Then, a man dressed as Puff the Magic Dragon took the stage to accost Hathaway, who was instructed to slay the creature by a man playing Meryl Streep’s character in “The Devil Wears Prada...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Anne Hathaway Gets Royal Treatment | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

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