"The people" are multifaceted, and divided. But practically all of us want health care reform.
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Don't get me started on the coelocanth.
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This flashy, good-natured send-up of everything geeky and gory and youthful and fun is a knockout.
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Schmidt and Loewith have crafted the words of Elmer Rice's 1923 play into melodies and meters that pulse and rise and fall with the rhythm of thought.
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Mark Tolstrup and Dale Haskell make an excellent blues pairing, like a smooth but hearty wine with a comfort-food dinner.
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The Amoralists shift the action from the Lower East Side to Coney Island, with mixed results.
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The veteran Americana rockers make everything sound easy on this scorcher of a disc, their first of new material since 1996.
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At least there's a good song.
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Viola da gamba player Vittorio Ghielmi and lutenist Luca Pianca traced the repertoire for these baroque instruments through the centures.
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Delta Moon's blues-rock-soul music is as emotional as it is economical and tough, with time-worn themes couched in powerful and sometimes poetic imagery.
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