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...kids. The FCC told TV stations they didn't need to test their emergency broadcast systems for a while, for fear of spooking people. Candlelight vigils brought people out of their homes to the town square, then a plane rumbled overhead. Inhale, look up, follow the lights till they disappear, exhale and return to the prayers. It's hard to have the perfect autumn wedding when all the out-of-town guests call to cancel. Life insurance policies were selling fast...
...thinking is that we have then simply elected ourselves a dictator. Already, there are plenty of restraints on the president so he cannot merely act and then claim that it was in the nation’s best interest. Unfortunately, many of those restraints seem to all but disappear during war. No wonder Bush was so quick to declare the bombings “Acts of War.” Admittedly, a president should have more leeway for action during a crisis—the ability to call up troops, for instance, and to engage in high-level diplomatic talks...
...Phelps has no kind words for groups like Exodus, whom he calls “money-grubbing fags.” According to Phelps, “They know if they preached the truth, their revenue would disappear like the morning dew.” And the fact that they publicly admit to former homosexuality is a sign they are bound for hell, according to Phelps, who received 15,000 votes for the Democratic nomination for the governor of Kansas. “I don’t think one of the Elect would brag about being...
During a game of checkers, a regular barside attraction with Vinnie, Vietnam vet and checker master, the Harvard Square character shared his game strategy with an FM staffer: “I’m going to make you disappear. Well, not you. Your checkers. I don’t ever want you to leave. I want to chain you to my bed.” Then he tried to seal the deal with a sloppy kiss. Now that doesn’t happen at Daedalus...
Björk and Tricky’s paths diverged dramatically after that—Tricky continued to remix Björk’s songs, but soon wound up in a fightfist with her fiancee Goldie, later to disappear into the obscurity of what has since been diagnosed as a rare hormone disease. He released albums that were proogressively more radio-unfriendly, while Björk released the acclaimed Homogenic, and became so famous that she was the victim of fan attacks and stalkers. Björk then starred in last year’s Dancer in the Dark...