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...Temptation Island. Erykah Badu shocked the Staples Center audience by revealing her shaved head, while TONI BRAXTON revealed as much Toni Braxton as network television would allow in a vain attempt to erase the memory of Jennifer Lopez. That left Eminem and a man famous for wearing a duck suit to carry the torch for class. Toning down the flamboyance for his duet on Stan, Elton John provided sterling vocals and keyboard improvisation while Eminem kept his composure among scattered boos to deliver six minutes of profanity-scattered rhymes too quick for the fingers on CBS's seven-second delay...
Universal keycard access is foremost an issue of safety. Currently, students are not allowed into any House other than their own during the hours from 1 to 8 a.m. Yet the many students out after 1 a.m. should have the opportunity to duck into any of the Houses in the case of an emergency. If a student feels uncomfortable or threatened, it is essential that he or she be able to find safety at any time. This is especially true late at night, when students are at the greatest risk...
There is one surprise awaiting the industry. This week lame-duck Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater is expected to issue long-anticipated and controversial "competition guidelines," which the big airlines have tried for years to fend off. The document will give detailed definitions of what constitutes predatory behavior and unfair methods of competition. The guidelines will, for the first time since deregulation, allow the DOT wide latitude in looking into the subtle ways competition can be affected. For instance, if a large airline threatens vendors who offer their services to start-up airlines, the new rules would let the DOT move...
Player's Club Dios is buzzing. The band is knocking out R.-and-B. Christmas tunes, waiters are bustling around with bottles of whiskey and plates of smoked duck, and the white leather banquettes are crammed with men in dark suits whooping it up with pretty young women. It's just another party spot in a city of party spots, except for one obvious difference: when a drink is poured, it's done by a very deferential man for a woman paying big money for his attentions...
...starting to walk like a municipal duck, and quack like a municipal duck," said Assemblyman Bill Leonard (R-San Bernadino) of the emerging consensus. "And eventually, it becomes a municipal power authority...