Word: clockwork
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...scientists who use high-tech tools to nab crooks. The show has a certain Vegas-y rock-'n'-roll sleaze appeal, but underneath it all, CSI is the geek Quincy, in which the true stars are the nail clippings, computer records, carpet fibers and above all DNA, performing like clockwork the same magic that they didn't on Simpson...
...They just don't want this movie to portray all the good things they've done," Daley said about the real league's players and volunteer coaches. Public schools CEO Paul Vallas questioned why so many adolescent extras weren't in class, and branded the film "the Clockwork Orange version of The Bad News Bears." The producers couldn't have pitched it better themselves...
FEETS, DON'T FAIL ME NOW Ever think about all that extra energy you generate just walking around? British inventor Trevor Baylis has. Baylis, whose previous brainstorms include a clockwork radio, has announced the founding of a company to manufacture shoes that produce power using the natural motion of walking. This summer Baylis plans to test his shoes in Africa in a walk across the Namib Desert during which he'll place a phone call to PM Tony Blair (who else?) using only power made by the footwear. That's one small step...
...Talented Mr. Ripley and decided to nominate his co-star, Jude Law, instead (the "Golden Boy" torch was officially passed). Realizing that Mr. Damon was about to lose his luster, the rumor mill went into overdrive - any seedy information about Matt would be welcomed and promptly printed. And like clockwork, two weeks later, the stories appear. Here are the two most incriminating...
These tiny glimpses are tantalizing. But how do we get a deeper look, induce any of these Clockwork Oranges to come unsprung enough to show a little of their own lives before we entrust one of them with the life of a nation? Bradley boasts he's comfortable in his own skin, but how would we know, since he doesn't let us get under it? Does Gore of the earth tones even dress himself? As lame as the debates are, don't expect to see Bush mixing it up with Forbes and Keyes should he dispense with McCain...