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...Charles? edge toward popularity in the late ?50s coincided with a shift from the 12-bar format to pop?s favorite descending chord pattern (C, C7, F, F-minor) in the choruses of "Ain?t That Love," "Swanee River Rock" and "That?s Enough" and the release of "This Little Girl of Mine" and his sensaysh cover of Sy Oliver?s "Yes Indeed." We came to expect the revival-show tambourine (rattled by co-producer Jerry Wexler on some sides), the backing girl group (the Cookies, later known as the Raelettes) offer response to his call, the bluesy-jazzy...
Several councillors noted at their Monday meeting that their opposition to the shift had nothing to do with the individuals who represent the districts. Both Capuano and Frank have liberal voting records...
...Energy. As it gave the GE story lead status in Wednesday?s paper, the New York Times almost helpfully put another story atop its business section. "Some Energy Executives Urge U.S. Shift on Global Warming," went the headline, and the gist of the story was that the same energy companies casually vilified as Bush?s corrupters by poll respondents - BP Amoco, Enron, Royal Dutch/Shell - have actually begun making major moves to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions on their own. And they?re wondering when Bush is going to catch...
...Rumsfeld, of course, still declined to refer to China as a "friend," preferring "communist dictatorship" instead. His differences with Powell are palpable, and yet they're always going to be settled by consensus. The balance may shift periodically, but within the limits defined by a long-term relationship in which both sides have an overriding self-interest...
...Bushies are softening their tone. But the smiling face the Bush administration is now showing Beijing shouldn't be mistaken for a policy shift; it's simply a change in tone. Because, in fact, the tough talk of the early months wasn't actually a policy - it was simply a posture. The basic areas of conflict between China and the U.S. remain. But so does the basic mutual self-interest that binds them together...