Word: connors
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...very much enjoyed "The GAPification of America" in "Left Out" of Tuesday, November 12, but I would like to point out a change in trend in the Gap's line of clothing that Mr. Connor and Mr. Plotz did not acknowledge...
ENYA: SHEPHERD MOONS (Reprise). Gaelic music of a different sort. Enya sounds like Sinead O'Connor after an overdose of chill pills; her songs seem, at first hearing, like the ideal background for stores that sell granola and wind chimes. But hang in. Enya mixes New Age with space age and Irish mysticism, and there is supple witchery here...
HELEN MERRILL: CHRISTMAS SONG BOOK (JVC). The vocal event of the season and just possibly the best new jazz vocal album of the year. Merrill, a singer in the great tradition of June Christy and Chris Connor, comes to the Christmas party using the eloquent arrangements of Torrie Zito to bring some fresh feeling to standards (such as White Christmas) and offers up a few surprises (tunes by Claude Thornhill and Thad Jones...
...Rights had been abolished, critics charged, and the whole concept of religious freedom was now imperiled. "On the really small and odd religious groups," said the University of Texas' Laycock, "it's just open season." The court itself was deeply split. In a spirited dissent, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said the majority's stance "is incompatible with our nation's fundamental commitment to individual religious liberty." As a result of the uproar, Congress is considering a law to restore the compelling-interest test...
...This guy's the best employee they've got," says Bill J. O'Connor. "He should be president of the company...