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  • Hes a deceiver

    Hes a deceiver

    September 5, 2003

    This parody tracks The Monkees’ seminal 1967 arrangement of the song “I’m a Believer,” right up to the fade … Sing along! They said Bush was only spinning fairy tales Made to terrorize both you and...

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  • Music reviews: Four CDs from around the world

    Music reviews: Four CDs from around the world

    September 5, 2003

    Natural, Celso Fonseca (Six Degrees) This release establishes Celso Fonseca as one of Brazil’s up and coming Bossa Nova stars. His compositions are elegant, graceful and sensual, ranging from cool bossas like “Bom Sinal” and “The...

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  • Film review: Balseros reveals complexities of Cuban emigration

    Film review: Balseros reveals complexities of Cuban emigration

    September 5, 2003

    Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech are Spanish television journalists who were assigned by Barcelona’s public television to cover the 1994 exodus of Cubans to the U.S. The film that resulted, Balseros, Spanish for “rafters,” has...

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  • Thou shalt not ignore the First Amendment

    Thou shalt not ignore the First Amendment

    September 5, 2003 By Jennifer Barnett

    I’m not a particularly religious person. Though many in my family are Catholic, I’m happy to identify myself as agnostic. But I do know about the Ten Commandments. Blame TV for showing Cecil B. DeMille’s epic...

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  • Tell it to the Marines

    Tell it to the Marines

    September 5, 2003

    Question: What does a Marine on a “float,” a soldier “in country” and a sailor homeported in the U.S. have in common with the Iraqi working class? Answer: It is illegal for them to organize in...

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