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...that's OK. While the rest of the country is watching the season premiere of "Frasier" and debating the relative merits of various politicians, New Yorkers will be settling in for a historic bout. And, just as a note of caution to outsiders, we'll probably be pretty self-satisfied no matter what the outcome. Mayor Giuliani, a Yankees fan, has already promised the winning team a ticker-tape parade down the city's Canyon of Heroes...
...Truth Bout was fought over several grueling rounds...
...born of suffering and surviving, makes her not just an interpreter of pain but a witness to it, as in Bang the Drum Slowly, about her late father, or the title tune, about a childhood friend with a run of bad luck ("One thing they don't tell you 'bout the blues when you got 'em/ You keep on fallin' 'cause there ain't no bottom"). Her glottal throb on these dozen tunes purifies the funereal sentiments; it's as if the lines on a condolence card were raised to a kind of folk...
...managed to pick not eight, not nine, but 10 of last week's games correctly. I have been encouraged to gloat, but am going to refrain until this string of glorious good luck has established itself into something resembling a pattern. On a more serious note, how 'bout them Brownies? Hope they enjoyed that win, because this week the Steelers are going to burst their bubble like a schoolyard bully...
...officers hold him in similar esteem, even though his tenure has brought a tough bout of change for many of them...