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...dark, yet upbeat. What’s a metaphor for death that sounds sort of upbeat? ‘The Black Parade’? I like it. Let’s go get lunch.” The video for said single is the result of a similarly straightforward process, with the added philosophy of “why not?”—but these hypotheticals become so over the top that the video becomes entertaining through sheer effort. Why not stick the band on a float, followed by a bunch of people in skeleton makeup...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PopScreen: My Chemical Romance, "Welcome to the Black Parade" | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

...decree. He twice dissolved the Parliament, and gave reformers the latitude to abruptly terminate the state's paternalistic support of industry as well as collective and state farms. "No more injections into a wooden leg - no more credits to big state-run industries," Alshanov explains. The message was straightforward: earn or else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kazakhstan Comes On Strong | 9/27/2006 | See Source »

Minaya's formula is straightforward: use the vast resources of Mets owner Fred Wilpon to buy top players, but most important, trust your gut when filling out the mix. And skip the stuffing and sweet potatoes. On Thanksgiving Day 2004, Minaya trekked to the Dominican Republic to nail down his top target: free-agent pitcher Pedro Martinez, fresh off a Series victory with Boston. "It's a family day, and you show up in a place where you're not supposed to be, just to talk to me," Martinez recalls. "That was more than enough." The four-year, $53 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Mets Got Red Hot | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...decree. He twice dissolved the Parliament - and gave reformers the latitude to abruptly terminate the state's paternalistic support of industry as well as collective and state farms. "No more injections into a wooden leg - no more credits to big state-run industries," Alshanov explains. The message was straightforward: earn or else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming On Strong | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

Half a year after I dismissed the suggestion from a Walter Reed doctor, the hook had become my trademark. It was brash, straightforward and pragmatic, virtues I cherished. I had left a lot of me behind in the Baghdad grenade attack. By its first anniversary, I was starting to reclaim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Lost My Hand But Found Myself | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

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