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Some leisurely took in the pub’s furnishings, while others headed straight for the gaming area, with its pool table, shuffleboard, and dartboard...
However, round the Surrey bend, the experience and talent in the Cambridge boat soon began to show, with its five returning Blues, two German world champions, and two British Olympians. They got into their rhythm and, having closed the gap, pushed out ahead once in the straight again...
...same listeners: this is not the norm for Reznor and co.—and the change might be hard to swallow. As a concept album dealing with religion, mind-control drugs, and a fascist American government, “Year Zero” is set in a world straight out of a Philip K. Dick story. It’s definitely a new experiment for NIN. It’s also a musical departure: “Year Zero” features a substantial number of ambient and electronic pieces. And while these songs constitute a major change...
...massive budget deficit and increasing demands for benefits from an aging society, Tokyo has held fast to an unofficial rule of diverting no more than 1% of gdp to defense-the U.S. spends about 4%-and this year spending will actually fall 0.2% to $40 billion, the fifth straight year of decline. Remilitarization simply isn't in the budget. "If the Cubans tested a nuclear bomb, you can bet American politicians would have to increase the defense budget," says Robert Dujarric, a security analyst with Temple University in Tokyo. "But there is no pressure from any segment of Japanese politics...
...offense also had a banner game, and ten points were not enough for a victory on Scully-Fahey Field in Hanover, N.H. The Big Green (8-4, 4-2 Ivy) took the game 20-10 as the Crimson (2-10, 0-4 Ivy) lost its seventh straight. While Dartmouth’s offense is undoubtedly potent—it has averaged nearly 15 points per game over the past six contests—one factor in particular made a decisive difference in its most recent win : winning draws. The Big Green dominated the draws and ended up controlling the ball...