Word: bouting
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...guitarist Scotty Moore, bass player Bill Black and Phillips at a primitive console, Elvis Presley fooled around until he came up with a variation on the Arthur Crudup song "That's All Right." It was, too. "That's different," Phillips legendarily said. "That's a pop song now, just 'bout." What it was, just 'bout, was rock 'n roll - a mighty mutant of pop, blues and country, born July 5, 1954, right there at 706 Union Avenue...
...they feel. "It's like the McDonald's of social clubs," says Howard Franks, a veteran Hong Kong hasher. "You know exactly what you are going to get: running and beer." Each run follows a simple formula: an hour or so of hare and hounds followed by a bout of drinking and eating, followed by yet more drinking by those still standing...
Smith's weight increased during her inheritance case; she became addicted to painkillers and had a bout of depression. She hasn't gone out much and says she has not had sex in more than two years. "It's pathetic. I feel like a virgin again. I feel sorry for the next guy I attack. He's going to be dead." She promises to go hunting for phone numbers at bars very soon. "But I'll never know true love. I'll never know if it will be for me or my fame or my money. That's the saddest...
...SERIAL ACQUIRERS" Great companies grow mainly from within, while those that gobble up lots of other companies almost always end up with a nasty bout of nausea. Tyco is only the latest case; earlier came Conseco and others all the way back to the notorious LTV in the 1960s. Cisco, which has eaten dozens of other tech firms in recent years, hasn't quite gagged yet, but I'll be surprised if it doesn...
...RETIRED. FELIX TRINIDAD, 29, from boxing, ending a career in which he won three titles in three weight classes; in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Trinidad lost the only fight of his 42-bout career to American Bernard Hopkins last September, and it's believed Hopkins' refusal to grant Trinidad a rematch led to his decision to quit...