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...graphic novel is fantastic, period. [The film] is one of the closest translations I’ve seen from graphic novel to film and that alone is going to set it apart,” said Evans...
Take, for instance, “Flash Delirium,” the closest the album has to a single. Released a few weeks ago as a free download, like many of the tracks on “Congratulations,” it is a smorgasbord of styles. At one moment it seems like the successor to the synthpop groove of “Time to Pretend,” but within seconds it shifts to a guitar melody with a heavy walking bassline, eventually arriving at an atmospheric conglomeration of multiple vocal lines and ringing synths. During the song?...
...Which is not to say his successors didn't try. Franklin D. Roosevelt came closest. The total number of Supreme Court Justices had changed six times since Washington's days in office, parking at nine in 1869. With his New Deal on the line, though, Roosevelt tried to make room on the bench for his supporters by claiming the right to appoint a new Justice - up to a max of 15 - whenever a sitting one turned 70 and refused to retire. His infamous "court packing" scheme never passed, but he did get all nine nominees he floated during his three...
...fact, the Varsity Four boat gave Radcliffe its closest shot at redemption...
Norton lost the closest match of the afternoon. Despite losing the first set, 6-4, she came back to win the second, 7-5. In the super tiebreak, Norton lost by the slimmest of margins...