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...TEXAS GUNS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE STATE FLOWER. NOW IT seems elements in the state may be exporting a new way to conceal some of that firepower: a holster that looks like a beeper. An internal San Francisco police bulletin warns cops to be wary of suspects using this product, available by mail order from Grand Prairie, Texas. An ad for the holster/beeper reads: "Fast. Safe. Discreet. Press button and front of case pops open and hinges down, allowing instant draw...
These days he avoids trips to the capital or other major cities, although the Gbadolite village airstrip can accommodate the supersonic Concorde that Mobutu charters from Air France as well as a number of Boeing jets in the presidential fleet. Exquisite flower gardens and vast plantations of pineapple imbue Gbadolite with an air of bucolic tranquillity. But it is a Potemkin village: most of the electricity is switched off when the dictator and his circle are absent, leaving thousands of townspeople to fend for themselves in the tropical darkness...
...streets catering to mildly bohemian crowds. She hung sweet- smelling potpourri in her shops to attract trade and laid trails of perfume on the sidewalks leading to her door. And she moved quickly into franchising -- carefully vetting would-be franchisees with such offbeat questions as "What is your favorite flower?" and "How would you like...
...Bettencourt is a mean riffer but also harks back to the roots of rock opera, taking on epic proportions in the process. Divided into three acts, the album is full of social commentary denouncing war in cynical, hard- cutting tracks. One standout: the haunting Rest in Peace, which knocks flower-child cliches such as "Give peace a chance" and "Make love not war" as hypocritical euphemisms...
...1990s incarnation of the flower child, theoutdoorsy crunchy crunch dons a forest green orHeath-bar brown Patagonia jacket. Tevas withwoolen socks, trade beads strung on leather neckwear. FOP T-shirts from the mid 80s on top of greylongjohns or thermal underwear. Alternativefootwear: Birkenstocks worn down to peach fuzz...