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...better, beginning with an interesting faux-oriental motif, and continuing on to tread more familiar pop rhythms. True to its title, it succeeds in conveying expectation and pregnant longing. As the track plays on, Mirwais adds further layers of nuance, utilizing scratches and other effects (including a poignant background vocal cry of “I can’t wait”) to abstract, smashing success. Connoisseurs of fine music are encouraged to avoid the ordeal of “Junkie’s Prayer.” Dramatic instrumental music is present—unfortunately it is obscured...
...Joseph S. Nye, dean of the Kennedy School, moderated the discussion, questioning the panelists on topics ranging from personal background to models of leadership...
...rarely described in terms of their humanity—“die” mysteriously in “clashes” and in “cross-fires.” On the other hand, Israelis are “murdered,” and the personal background of victims always detailed. Even some newspapers in Israel paint a more even-handed view of the conflict than their American counterparts...
...classes were disappointing: Eyestrain found that he knew more than his teachers. "They exempted me from classes and got me to help administer the computers," he recalls. He tried another computer school, but soon gave up on receiving a formal education in programming. Without the family or the academic background to get into a computer science degree program at one of the country's Elite institutions, he drifted home...
...body's anxiety Klaxons may go off the instant the therapy begins. Gradually, however, as each exposure level is reached, the alarms start to quiet; they sound again only when the intensity of the exposure is turned up. "Just as people become habituated to the noise of traffic or background chatter, so too can phobics become nonresponsive to the thing that once frightened them," says Phillipson...