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...band also struggled with a deficiency of material. There are hardly any weak tracks on the album, but that doesn’t always translate into gripping live renditions, particularly given the contrived nature of the performance. “Sound Check (Gravity)” gloriously united Albarn’s wailing fallen-cherub falsetto and a gritty, turn-table led melody with an eerie, unsettling video. “Tomorrow Comes Today,” the band’s new single, knit together accelerated London cityscape footage to create a background for the band members...
...facet of Harvard’s defeat at Clarkson was the Crimson’s weak play on the penalty kill, a problem Mazzoleni hoped to address with more aggressive pressure on the man with the puck to prevent further penetration, or a pass from the blue line further into the zone...
...torn country where, less than two years ago, terrorists bombed the U.S.S. Cole, Bush has authorized the deployment of a scant 100 troops. What is more, this contingent will not be deployed as a single unit, but in groups of 20 to 30, rendering them effectively dependent on a weak Yemeni government for security...
...been stated many times before, terrorism is a weapon of the weak, and is directly tied to the plight of the developing world. Terrorists find safe haven and willing recruits among the discontented and the destitute populations of poor nations, playing upon broad social and economic inequalities to rally support for their cause. What is needed, then, for nations like Yemen and Afghanistan, is an effectively managed, comprehensive aid program aimed at combating these ills: bringing populations direct economic relief, teaching sustainable development practices, building infrastructure and stabilizing weak governments...
Currently, an ad-hoc Committee on Ethnic Studies, headed by Professor of Afro-American Studies Werner Sollors, tries to help interested students find relevant courses and advisers. Though the committee’s website lists courses that fall under the ethnic studies rubric, it is a weak framework into which students with a wide variety of passions are corralled. Supporters of ethnic studies have rightfully continued to push the University to establish at least a certificate program and hope to establish fully independent departments for various ethnicities someday...