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Mark Knopfler, former lead singer of Dire Straits, is not scared to blaze a new trail. In Sailing to Philadelphia, the indignant, muted, yet invitingly incomprehensible lyrics of "Sultans of Swing" are absent. Most of the songs are fairly transparent paeans to episodes of America's folk past, never mind Knopfler's British extraction. The title track features Knopfler and guest James Taylor in a mock-up of a very awkward conversation between Mason and Dixon of Mason-Dixon line fame, but the song holds together if you don't pay attention to the lyrics. Unfortunately, Knopfler seems to have...
...most fervent pursuers had proclaimed his case the biggest thing since the Rosenbergs, but the historical parallel may in fact be closer to the Dreyfus case. Like the turn-of-the-century Jewish Frenchman falsely accused of treason in a blaze of anti-Semitism and finally vindicated after a spell in prison, the Taiwanese-American nuclear scientist is set to go free Monday after reaching a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Unlike Dreyfus, of course, Wen Ho Lee isn't entirely innocent, but the government has been forced to concede that what he's guilty of is simply the negligent...
...continue a lengthy strike. More than 150 students rally in support of the printers. 28 - A fire caused by a lit cigarette guts a suite in Lowell House and sends one student to the hospital. The fire alarm system fails to function, leaving most students unaware of the blaze until police and firefighters arrive...
BRUCE BABBITT You didn't start the fire, but your Interior Dept. did. Los Alamos blaze turning into your Waco...
...Brits call an "all-singing, all-dancing" site complete with e-tailer innovations - 360-degree revolving sneakers, watches and clothing - that are just making their way to car-buying sites in the U.S. Problem was, they went through their sizable $120 million stake like a New Mexico clearing blaze. "We wanted everything to be perfect," Swedish cofounder Ernst Malmsten told The Financial Times of the company's marketing- and technology-heavy spending habits. "My mistake has been not to have a counterpart who was a strong financial controller...