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...Owen’s vulnerable, intimate tone draws attention to his lyrics, which are rich in metaphor and often veer towards intentional self-parody, with lines like “I need a cookie and a hug.” The lyrics work best when they undermine, rather than reinforce, the fuzzy cuteness of, well, everything else about the band.It is easy enough to create a wistful childhood fantasy land, but it is more interesting to examine its borders, where the defense mechanism of regression into childhood breaks down either from its own deliberate obliviousness or from an encounter with...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Boy Least Likely To | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...overindulgence in their ambient inclinations and goofy lyrical tendencies. The addition of “No Line on the Horizon” to the band’s impressive and tremendously varied catalog surely reinforces their willingness to take risks, but some of their choices elude rather than elucidate. U2 may move in mysterious ways, but they’ll need a return to basics if they hope to recapture their former mastery.—Staff writer Jessica R. Henderson can be reached at jhenders@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: U2 | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...more avenue to try. Bexar County - where San Antonio is located and an estimated 30% of people under 65 do not have health coverage - has a health-care program for the uninsured that is far more generous than most in Texas and practically unique in the country. Rather than continuing to wait for the uninsured to show up in its emergency rooms, in 1997 the Bexar County hospital district established a system called CareLink for those who make 200% of the poverty line or less. (In his current job, answering queries that come in to a text- message information service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Health-Care Crisis Hits Home | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...over-the-top light shows, not to mention a zillion dollars' worth of fine art (the Bellagio) has now fully assembled his antidote to overstimulation, which began with the Wynn Las Vegas in 2005. Here is a different kind of sensibility - dare we say classy? - a resort with gaming, rather than a gaming resort. (See 10 things to do in Las Vegas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stick It to the Recession: Wynn's Vegas Encore | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...company that absorbed the Schaeffler's Kiertz operations, so there is no direct link to the family's company. Schllgen says if the Schaefflers were involved in Holocaust crimes, then documentation should exist. The Nazis treated the material coming out of the camps like they were trading cotton rather than the remains of human beings, Schllgen says, and he has come across no documents such as order forms or any receipts linking Schaeffler to the hair. Says Schllgen: "The evidence is still missing that shows that Wilhelm Schaeffler was actually involved in these crimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Company Seeking Bailout Is Tied to Auschwitz | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

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