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...machine guns and mortars and other explosives, the two magnificent statues of Buddha, 125 feet and 175 feet tall, that have stood for centuries in Bamiyan, an oasis town on the Old Silk Road, in a long valley separating the chain of the Hindu Kush from the Koh-i-baba range...
...convince you that times have changed. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, whose fourth edition appears this fall, complete with 10,000 entries not found in the third edition of eight years ago, the following sentence is now legitimate English: "The dot-com brainiac went postal, big-time, spewing baba gannouj all over the food court, when some butthead with no sense of netiquette stole his def domain name...
...historic to have you here," a slightly overwhelmed Chief Mohammedu Baba, the 14th generation of his family to hold the title, told Clinton. "Nothing like this has happened here!" Clinton delighted in the cream "babun riga" robe the village gave to him, and the "zani" wrapped skirt daughter Chelsea received, and modeled, in the village's crowded market square. The village named him "Danmasani Ushhafa" - meaning the most knowledgeable man in the village (a title not bestowed on Vice President Dan Quayle during his 1991 visit to the same place). "I came to Nigeria to express the support...
...Life - Beatles 2. Like a Rolling Stone - Dylan 3. Suspicious Minds - Elvis 4. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen 5. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys 6. Baba O'Riley - The Who 7. Sense of Wonder - Van Morrison 8. With or Without You - U2 9. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones 10. Righteous Bros - You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling...
...Howard Stern Show is the closest radio comes to appointment listening. In order to understand the references he makes, it takes months and even years of dedicated concentration. Slowly, what "Baba Booey" means becomes clear. The lives of all the show's stars are fair game for dissection. Daily foibles become metaphors for the poor choices we've all made...