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...opening track mutters of subconscious thought and hopeless wandering to the backbone of TMBG’s standard electronic beats, keyboard chords and synthesized effects. The subdued and somewhat depressing theme leads into “Memo to Human Resources,” a tune reminiscent of R.E.M. and which clearly shows their capabilities as solid songwriters. The whimsical “Au Contraire” may have been better left off the album, but demonstrates the two Johns still have a sense of humor—they sing of a poker game between Jodie Foster, Bach and Mahatma Gandhi...
...memo yesterday to faculty and staff about developments at the school, Dean Ellen C. Lagemann, dean of the Medical School, expressed her excitement...
...work they do to continue making this the ‘top school of Education’ according to U.S. News & World Report rankings. Though some might question the methodology of U.S. News, it’s nice to be recognized nonetheless,” she said in the memo...
...Iraq, Saddam - find out if there's a connection." Clarke says Bush made the point "in a very intimidating way." The next day, interviewed on PBS' The NewsHour, Clarke sexed up the story even more. "What happened was the President, with his finger in my face, saying, 'Iraq, a memo on Iraq and al-Qaeda, a memo on Iraq and the attacks.' Very vigorous, very intimidating." Several interviewers pushed Clarke on this point, asking whether it was all that surprising that the President would want him to investigate all possible perpetrators of the attacks. Clarke responded, "It would have been...
...Clarke's liberties with the text don't stop there. On 60 Minutes he said that after submitting to the White House a joint-agency report discounting the possibility of Iraqi complicity in 9/11, the memo "got bounced and sent back saying, 'Wrong answer.'" The actual response from Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, shown later in the program, read "Please update and resubmit." On 60 Minutes, Clarke went further, saying that Bush's deputies never showed the President the joint-agency review, because "I don't think he sees memos that he wouldn't like the answer." This...