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...where popular music is becoming increasingly polarized between the catchy, navely sexual tunes of Britney and Christina and the unabashed rage of Eminem and Limp Bizkit, it is nice to know there are still a few rock bands out there to fill the middle ground. The Foo Fighters, under the direction of Dave Grohl, have managed to update their sound in tune with the times on each of their three releases. Their most recent album, There is Nothing Left to Lose, was a fusion of their trademark four-chord power punk with plaintive melodies and actual singing. "This...
...come an American is in command? How did he get the job? If anyone has a right to talk of the station as a long journey, it's space station commander Jim Shepherd, or "Shep" as he is known to all, including wife Beth and Russian ground controllers (who pronounce it "Ship"). Shepherd, 51, joined the U.S. Navy to become a pilot, then the only route to commanding a space mission. Poor eyesight ended that dream, so he became a frogman and used that as a stepping-stone to the Astronaut Corps, but as a mission specialist, not a commander...
...months in space. Krikalev, for one, has spent more than year in space. The first cosmonaut pilot assigned to the crew and charged with the task of flying the Soyuz capsule refused to serve with Shepherd, whom he considered a rookie. Shepherd's authority was further undermined by Russian ground controllers, who will call the shots until the U.S.-built laboratory module is in place next year. The international protocols called for English to be the language spoken by everyone on the mission, just as it is by commercial pilots and air-traffic controllers in most of the world...
...annual meeting of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, representatives from more than half of the state's school governing boards took a middle ground, leaving open the possibility that MCAS could be used as a graduation requirement in the future...
...know why you would think what I said was mean. And I'd like for you to understand where I'm coming from, because I'm trying to be very fair. I have not said a single thing against the Palestinians. Trying to stay on the moral high-ground is exhausting. I'm not writing to the schmooze any more on this...