Director Michael Schurr collaborated with the Decemberists to make a music video from David Foster Wallce's novel "Infinite Jest".
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How many years will pass before we learn the full scope of the Wall Street melt-down and the Bush43/Obama44 bail-out of the rich?
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Anybody remember Bush43 running on his education miracle that was a chimera? Anybody?
Now, it's another evangelical extremists from Texas claiming a miracle, this one in jobs.
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Recent reitrements at last week's Cincinatti tournament { Djokovic - shoulder, Berdych - shoulder, Serena - Kardashian wedding reception, er ,toe) are resuscitating the debate about whether there are too many pro, tennis tournaments.
Actually, there are many exceptions that allow players to cut back on their schedule.
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For someone that hated statistics in college, it's amusing how much I like tennis stats.
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We found out today one of the reasons Rep. Darrell Issa is perhaps the richest man in the legislature.
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If you are patient enough to wade through the actual, player interviews rather than their digested output via the commentators, you'll often find some nuggets.
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Frenchman Jo WIlfried Tsonga's creative play should be making tennis players rethink how to combine the 2-handed and 1-handed backhands.
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Tennis commentators are claiming that Novak Djokovic has solved the health problems that have plagued his career, but has he?
Djokovic has a history of retiring during matches or withdrawing from tournaments that is rivaled only by Rafael Nadal.
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