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Indian farmers had been praying for rain after the weakest monsoon season in 40 years had left their crops stricken by drought. But when the rains finally came, forceful and incessant at six times their normal levels, they left behind the worst floods southern India had seen in more than a century...
Wilson, Representative "Joe" • Democrats boldly pass the weakest possible sanction - oooooh, "disapproval!" - against • some things you might not know about • something you might wonder about
...their eccentricity with good-natured aplomb. And as unusual as their work is, the Fiery Furnaces never allow themselves to get lost amidst the smoke and mirrors of a novelty album. Even on “Charmaine Champagne”—the album’s weakest track—there’s an abundance of ridiculous lyrics (“She’s gonna get me folked up, fairly beat”) and honky tonk piano, but they mesh together spectacularly, part of an unlikely master plan. The second half of the album falls...
...important. In naming their seventh album “Wilco (the Album),” Jeff Tweedy and the band seem to be announcing a realization of identity, defining their sound at an intersection of styles that they previously employed seperately. Unusually, this solid album opens with its weakest track: “Wilco (the Song)” is a forced joke that falls flat. After this misstep, however, the album proves to be a consistently enjoyable listen. Wilco’s two previous releases, 2004’s “A Ghost is Born?...
...which ETA, desiring independence for the French Basque-speaking territories as well, frequently uses for safe houses, logistics-planning and weapons storage), a growing public weariness with the group's tactics, and factionalism within the organization itself, has resulted in an ETA that is, by all accounts, at its weakest in its history. The arrests of several high-ranking leaders in 2008, as well as the roughly 750 etarras (ETA members) currently serving prison sentences, have shattered the hierarchy and structure of the group's once strict commando system, forcing it to rely more heavily on ill-trained legales (mercenaries...