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Remember how gypsy music was supposedly making a comeback? Praised in the blogosphere after their 2006 debut, Beirut was lumped into the same Eastern Invasion category as Gogol Bordello, simply because both bands cited gypsy influences. However, Beirut eschews Bordello’s hedonism and registers as a slightly more ethnic Neutral Milk Hotel. “The Flying Club Cup,” Beirut’s second album, seeks inspiration further west of their old sonic haunts and finds it in France. The influence is evident, superficially in the pretentious Francophone chatter at the beginning of songs...
...unite on a bridge for the chorus and leave little doubt that they’ve mastered the art of contorting their faces in anguish and expressing their feelings with wide arm movements. One member is conspicuously absent. Kevin Richardson declined to join the good old boys in their comeback video, perhaps because he’s nearing the age of 40. “Inconsolable” neither hurts nor helps the Boys’ image in any significant way, though it gives an unexpected boost to Howie Dorough. Almost universally regarded as the least likely to make hearts...
...debut of a fuel-efficient regional jet, called the MRJ, that will be built from the same advanced composite materials Boeing is using in its upcoming 787 Dreamliner. (Mitsubishi is one of Boeing's key parts suppliers.) The Japanese government is helping to bankroll the company's comeback in commercial jets with a pledge to pay a third of the MRJ's reported $1 billion in development costs...
Strategists, however, are skeptical as to whether she can pull off a comeback. One indication of how she will do at the polls will be the number of people who line the streets when her plane lands in the Sind capital of Karachi. Millions cheered her return to Pakistan in 1986, after nearly a decade of martial rule. Two years later, she led the opposition coalition to victory in democratic elections. Party leaders say this time, they will be happy if 200,000 people show up to guide her path to Larkana, where she will once again try to pick...
...57th minute. Freshman Maggie McVeigh, who later forced the game-winning corner, scored off of an assist by fellow first-year Leigh McCoy on a 2-on-1. Harvard’s depth and versatility this season was especially noticeable during Sunday’s comeback rally. The team’s tallies came from an array of players from multiple spots on the field. The coach and captains agreed that the squad’s depth has continued to develop as the season has gone on. “We have a ton of depth...