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...stocked box of those examined, containing instructions in English and Spanish, as well as condoms and latex gloves. Then again, the same proportion of surveyed Lowell residents knew about their box, and it was out of both condoms and gloves, although there were plenty of instruction sheets available. (By contrast, the Adams' box was a quarter full and out of instructions...
Hussein's death, at age 65 from chronic cancer, came quickly: The image of the king's triumphant return three weeks ago, piloting his own plane, was in stark contrast to the gold-painted ambulance making a slow left turn as it took the king from the Mayo clinic Thursday, returning to his country unconscious and on life support, his body in a state of deterioration following a unsuccessful bone marrow transplant and liver and kidney failure. By Friday, the Israeli radio stations announced "Hussein is clinically dead." The king had returned to his land and its people, but only...
...Some colleges guide their students down clear-cut paths; Harvard leaves theirs in the middle of a forest without a compass and sees if they can survive long enough to find their ways out. By contrast, Bay State College trains students in fashion, business and hospitality and tourism. It creates future travel agents and flight attendants. There is hope for expanding one's horizons beyond the Sanders/Sever bubble-for those willing to take the weight and pay the rate...
...figure am very welcoming to those issues," she says. In contrast, she says, last year "It appeared that progressive issues were not welcome...
...first time ever, rap outsold what previously had been America's top-selling format, country music. Rap sold more than 81 million CDs, tapes and albums last year, compared with 72 million for country. Rap sales increased a stunning 31% from 1997 to 1998, in contrast to 2% gains for country, 6% for rock and 9% for the music industry overall. Boasts rapper Jay-Z, whose current album, Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life (Def Jam), has sold more than 3 million copies: "Hip-hop is the rebellious voice of the youth. It's what people want to hear...