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...Mike Nesmith's compositions and their wonderful cover of Michael Murphy's deceptively simple-sounding "What Am I Doing Hanging 'Round?" There are also ample pleasures to be derived from lesser-known songs; the Monkees came from the era when albums were supposed to be more than just filler to put around singles, and for the most part they delivered...
...computer's main circuit board, fashioned from copper and fiber glass, is studded with silver and gold connectors. A steel frame keeps the unit sturdy, and aluminum or copper heat sinks prevent the cpu from overheating. The outer plastic case can be recycled to make everything from pothole filler to pencil holders. Even the cords dangling from the back have rich copper wiring that can be reincarnated as pipes, pans or furniture...
...biggest problem was that, after all the hype, Fox delivered a sluggishly paced show padded with filler (including two previews of coming episodes) and lacking salacious details, human interest and much of anything else. Not only did no one cheat on anyone last night, the "scandalous" previews of future weeks seemed mostly to consist of cheesy, mildly sexy cruise-ship-mixer games - licking booze off someone's stomach and so on - that were about as outré as a wedding-reception garter toss...
...computer rewarded Bush's "I don't know if you have to be a paperwork-filler-outer" declaration by presenting him his highest Intensive Thinking Score of the night, at 54 percent...
This much we've learned: Jim Lehrer is no Regis. W.'s laugh sounds even rougher when it comes over 40-odd loudspeakers in a room of 1,600 reporters. And how can a man married to a teacher possibly use the term "paperwork filler-outer...