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...Acree Jr. did what any self-respecting suspect would do: he ran like hell. Diving into a dark wood at night, Acree was no doubt amazed by the swiftness of his apprehension by county sheriff's deputies -- not realizing that he had signaled his presence brilliantly with his brand-new L.A. Gear Light Gear athletic shoes, battery powered so as to illuminate the wearer's every move. Officers say $800 worth of cocaine was found in Acree's pockets. L.A. Gear, naturally, prefers the story of a seven-year-old in Ripley, Tennessee, who disappeared with her three-legged...
...LIKE A BRAND-NEW PAIR OF BLUE JEANS, CLINTON'S promises have been fading and shrinking in the postelection wash. But the President has made new pledges to follow through on one of his more ambitious projects: a program that would offer tuition help to students who do community service. He promoted the plan in a speech at Rutgers University that was timed to coincide with the 32nd anniversary of John F. Kennedy's founding of the Peace Corps, and just to make sure that America's youth got the message, Clinton gave some details in an interview...
...chaotic universe organized itself into stars and galaxies and planets. And at least one planet, our own, is now bursting with life in bewildering varieties, filled with organisms that have arrayed themselves into ecosystems, communities and complex societies. How did this happen? That is the question posed by a brand-new field of science known as complexity...
...high ozone, on the wings of two unlikely angels, Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Together, and with the collaboration of a tight core of players like Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke and a few others, Dizzy and Bird drove jazz back into itself, straight through its heart and out again, sounding brand-new. Parker -- the racked jazz saint and junkie genius -- fit the hipster stereotype more than his good-timing, glad-handing buddy. But in matters of chops and talent, Gillespie played a supporting role...
...already paid for 18 years of college for five kids, and he was even unemployed for one of those years," says Kurt. "I asked him, 'How did you do it?' " Easy, replies Frank: "I wasn't that frugal. We bought our first home in 1961 for $19,500, a brand-new three-bedroom in Jacksonville, Florida, with $5,000 down, and we just traded up, paying off loans with rapidly inflating housing prices." Nine houses and one apartment later, Frank and his wife Anita are feeling prosperous. "I think it is going to be extremely difficult for young adults...