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...stars or big planets really is orbiting the Milky Way, some of them should occasionally pass in front of stars in the next galaxy over -- the Large Magellanic Cloud. If you watched this galaxy very carefully for a year or two, you might sometimes see a star getting inexplicably brighter, then dimmer again. If you saw nothing, then there were no MACHOs worth talking about...
...government paints a much brighter picture. According to the 1992 Household Survey on Drug Abuse, released last month by the Department of Health and Human Services, the nationwide pattern of drug abuse is in decline. The study shows an 11% dip in illicit drug use by Americans 12 years or older, from 12.8 million in 1991 to 11.4 million in 1992. The drop is pronounced in all age groups except those 35 and over, who use drugs at a rate comparable to 1979 levels. Yet the number of hard-core abusers remains unchanged. And a smorgasbord of nouvelle intoxicants...
...Nunn evokes exquisite performances, notably from Felicity Kendal as one of the 20th century scholars, and from Emma Fielding and Rufus Sewell as the brilliant girl and her initially charmed, ultimately doomed tutor. As usual in a Stoppard play, the true star is Stoppard, and he has never burned brighter or more kindly...
Reunited for Republic, its first studio effort in four years, New Order has not so much progressed as consolidated. Time and success seem to have brought the band out of its hermetic shell and into a bigger, if not always brighter, dimension. The new songs still seethe with catchy keyboard and guitar hooks and foot-happy beats; even the slower numbers are propelled by a steady rhythmic pulse. But the narcissistic intensity of the lyrics has evolved into a more compassionate outlook...
...Crimson is wasting no time in planning for the future, and things couldn't look brighter for the young team. No seniors graced the line-up this spring, and expected for next fall are several key recruits that can only enhance the lineup. Talented rookies from New York, Poland, and a possible transfer from NCAA powerhouse Florida are prospective members for the Crimson next season...