Word: flooded
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...Still, for the foreseeable future, it's now Director Pickard, the fulfillment of a childhood dream. The other dream, which he may not get, is a day or two off from the flood of bad news that has inundated FBI headquarters over the past months...
...inevitable flood of questions that follows any incomprehensible crime has already begun. Few answers have emerged. How could Andrea Yates have done such a thing? Preliminary reports and Russell Yates' own statements indicate Andrea may have been suffering from an extreme case of post-partum depression, a fairly common mood disorder that affects as many as 25 percent of new mothers. Or she may have had other, deeper psychological problems...
...typical Saturday night, thousands of American teenagers flood Tijuana's Revolucion Avenue in search of the kind of fun they can't find at home. The legal drinking age here is 18, not that anyone bothers to check. There are hookers. And drugs. And there's a rumor that if you know the right people, a particularly exotic combination of both can be arranged without too much of a hassle. When the sun goes down, the crowds thicken outside the 80-odd cantinas along the avenue, and pulsing jock-rock mingles with the aroma of stale beer and fresh vomit...
...artists, not as revenue-generating products. Money is made from concerts and corporate sponsorships for acts or events. So his company stamps just enough CDs to attract the pirates' attention, who then do what they do?effectively functioning as a free and highly efficient promotional machine. "We want to flood the market with live recordings," Clark says, in the hope that more people will pay to see the live shows. The albums are recorded at concerts, for which Pulay Music has devised a site-specific recording unit. No need for studio time, so its expenses are minimal. The pirates...
...band sang, "This is the game that moves as you play." Even as one barrier is defeated, another goes up. File-sharing services allow a river of music to flow across your desktop--though lawsuits may slow the flood to a trickle. The practice of sampling that lies at the heart of DJ culture is encouraging a new generation of music fans to investigate the sounds of eras gone by--but unless hip-hoppers can find a way to preserve their own creations, they may simply be spinning their discs. And as today's country queens and hat acts gallop...