Word: combo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Over spring break this year, some friends and I went to Charleston, South Carolina. At a farmers' market, we found a booth specializing in spices. After browsing over jars labeled with names like "Satan's Daughter," "Hot Sex" and "Hot Shit Combo," we finally selected "Burn Like Hell." Only a couple of us have used it since. But I've never been sorry; it's the best two bucks I spent during the whole vacation...
...Last Recordings can only deepen the mystery, for the new two-CD set displays Shaw at the peak of his powers. Recorded with the Gramercy Five, as Shaw called the combo he occasionally assembled around him, these 20 tracks were laid down only months before he retired. Some were fleetingly available on LP years ago; the rest were never released. They are sublime chamber jazz -- close-knit yet relaxed, subtle, pulsing with the interplay of brilliant sidemen like pianist Hank Jones and guitarist Tal Farlow...
...battle for control of Midland Bank has begun. Last week Lloyds Bank announced that it was considering making a $6.6 billion bid for Midland, Britain's third largest bank, besting the $5.8 billion offer made by Hong Kong-based HSBC Holdings. If the deal goes through, the Lloyds-Midland combo, with assets of $197 billion, will rank 18th in the world...
JERRY LEE LEWIS: ROCKIN' MY LIFE AWAY (Warner Bros.). A sweet combo indeed: 20 Killer sessions, vintage '78-'80, that wound up on several obscure albums, now resurrected and sounding spanking fresh. Terrific backcountry blues, closing out with a roadhouse version of Over the Rainbow that's as poignant as it is audacious...
...There's no magic formula, and no magic combo of lines," said senior Peter Ciavaglia, suggesting a simple but forceful recipe for road success. "Our attitude about games just needs to improve...