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...neutral observer that without a record label or new album to promote, he still has the magnetism lacking in many bands today. Always the showman, he appeared onstage looking like a fetish version of Elvis in a black PVC outfit and launched into "A Swallow On My Neck." The lesser-known song started the show on a weaker note, but Morrissey's jovial mood and his backing band's incredibly tight, focused musicality only created momentum...
When the COOP threatens to oust Dunkin' Donuts, it's really just The Man fighting The Man. Consequently, it's difficult for thoughtful social justice types and compassionate conservatives to determine whether or not defending the lesser of the two evils is justified. Right-thinking leftists and conservatives alike are fond of well-established stores, but suspicious of soulless chains...
...freedom to tell the story exactly how I wanted to tell it and never felt the slightest pressure to make the film more marketable or viewer-friendly. Although Felicia's Journey was tied to Hollywood, it was still a very small-scale, independent feature." In a lesser director's hands, Felicia's Journey could easily have devolved into a standard Hollywood thriller, but Egoyan's thoughtful approach to the material and his sense of subtlety and restraint made it a complex and powerful work...
...biting the hand that feeds them? How would you expect members of Congress to endorse you when you're campaigning to take away the very thing that got them there? And yet campaign finance reform is good for ordinary citizens, and by promoting it McCain--and to a lesser extent Bill Bradley--is bringing the debate to the people...
That argument seemed to be born out by an agreement Wednesday that will enable the jury to more exactly delineate the separate scope of each defendant's guilt; the defense and prosecution agreed to allow the jury to consider lesser charges, including criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter, when considering each officer's case. The officers have all been charged with second-degree murder. This proposal, which was greeted with relief by the officers' families and general approval from the legal community, leaves the door wide open for Carroll to take the brunt of the blame while allowing the other three...