Word: backups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...star trailer watching CNN. I know what everyone in Bosnia is wearing." She frets that she has Oldtimer's disease, or at least Part-timer's ("Did I sing the ballad yet? Was it wonderful?"). She also purports to worry about sullying her "newfound stature." When her backup trio, "the politically correct Harlettes," starts a striptease in the home of the world-famed Christmas show, Bette goes frantic: "Girls, this is Radio City! They have a manger backstage...
...addition to the perplexing paint, residents have been plagued over the past three weeks by a septic system backup and a family of insects dwelling in a smoke alarm...
Passing-wise, the Leopards have ridden the talent of senior quarterback Jason Carnevale. Originally expected to be the back-up quarterback this season, Carnevale had an outstanding spring practice and eventually won the starting job from last year's backup Tom Kirchhoff. Carnevale has been 49-for-80 on the year for 549 yards and a 61.3 percent completion rating...
...vitality of the brew is evident from the first track, When Jesus Left Birmingham, a tent-raising sermon about human nature that sounds unlike anything Mellencamp has done before. His voice grainy and low over a smacking drumbeat and soulful female backup vocals, Mellencamp conjures a godforsaken land of dashed aspirations and sordid pleasures, where "all the people went completely nuts./ They all busted out on a wild night/ Riding high on a golden calf." The song also echoes the national disenchantment with politicians and the economy. "To hell with all the politicians and the lies," Mellencamp sings. "Recovery, recovery...
Harvard's season begins and ends on the shoulders of Giardi. Should he go down, there's no backup quarterback to pick up the slack. (David Morgan '94, the backup quarterback and starting punter for last year's squad, took...