Word: awol
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...congressional retreat in Maryland the next day, G.O.P. leaders--eager to share blame for the party's woes--lit into White House aides, charging that members of Congress have to trek to Iraq to hear about progress there and that the Administration has been AWOL in touting the economy. Bush aides admitted they have been behind the eight ball, partly because of Hurricane Katrina, and detailed a blueprint for better communications. Bush dashed into the Rose Garden late last week to declare that the economy "continues to gain strength and momentum." The event had been thrown together so quickly that...
...backpacker haven Rawkus Records, the warm, thick voice of his old partner Mos Def, and the coolly meditative guitars and pianos DJ Hi-Tek brought to all his productions. But now, Rawkus is gone, the New York hip-hop scene is in hibernation, the old Mos Def is AWOL (lost to Hollywood and bad concept albums), and Hi-Tek produces worthless album tracks for G-Unit and 213. Since 2004’s crossover flop “The Beautiful Struggle,” Talib has been more likely to show up on wax with a motley assortment of marginally...
Politicians are no strangers to hot air, which may explain why so many are rushing to condemn a new gadget that enables users to inhale vaporized alcohol. The contraption, known as AWOL (short for Alcohol Without Liquid), looks like an asthma inhaler and reputedly gets booze to the brain faster. Eighteen states have introduced legislation banning the device, and last week Kansas became the second state (after Colorado) to sign its bill into law. "This is the equivalent of putting a funnel at bars, inviting people to get drunker quicker," says Florida state senator Mike Haridopolos, who cosponsored that state...
...devices worth the fuss? Only a few hundred have been sold, according to their U.S. distributor, Kevin Morse. And Haridopolos, like other anti-AWOLers, admits he hasn't seen them used--let alone abused--by his constituents. Nor are their powers all they're cracked up to be. When AWOL is used, ingesting the equivalent of half a shot of liquor takes 20 minutes, according to Morse. "It's nearly impossible to get drunk with it," he says. A bar owner in West Paterson, N.J., even returned the gizmo because it didn't offer enough of a buzz. Mothers Against...
...UC’ HIM, NOW YOU DON’TWord on the street is that Ian W. Nichols ’06 is pulling a Cheney: the Undergraduate Council (UC) vice president has been AWOL from the last two general council meetings, apparently staying at an undisclosed location. A frosh rep queried UC President Matthew J. Glazer ’06 as to his political partner’s whereabouts...