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This opening eases us into the slight sock hop feel of “Silver Soul,” which sounds precisely like the “medicine for heartache” that the lyrics promise. The back-up vocals harmonize furtively but effectively with Legrand’s voice, which itself seems possessed by the love of which she sings. The incredible standard of the songwriting is revealed by the constantly shifting references to an “It,” which appears at the beginning as “a vision, complete illusion...
After seeing only a slight hand movement and feeling no pulse, they called...
...outlook released Tuesday, Jan. 26, expects retail sales to rise 2.5% on average in 2010, reversing the 2.5% decline seen in 2009. "As we continue to see signs of improvement throughout the U.S. economy in 2010, overall sentiment will begin to lift, making way for slight increases in consumer spending," said Rosalind Wells, NRF's chief economist. Although shoppers will continue to be "frugal," - yes, even she expects it - retailers will benefit from leaner, smarter inventories and a year and a half of pent-up consumer demand, Wells says. Retailers should also reap the benefits of low inflation...
...official end of a recession that began in the second quarter of 2008. Though tiny, the country's fourth-quarter growth ended the nation's most severe economic slide in more than half a century - one responsible for a 6.1% decline in growth. The return to positive growth, however slight, was enough for Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to declare, "We are on a path to recovery," even if he qualified it by adding that he'll "always remain cautious." (See the best business deals...
...fact, two studies published in 1990 and 1995 found “a slight female advantage in computation in elementary and middle school,” and, according to the 2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, “Girls have now reached parity with boys in mathematics performance...