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...Though Carlos has the gift of gab, he admits that conversations with his customers rarely reach a personal level. However, occasionally, especially late on weekend nights as the bars empty, people decide to bare their souls. "They've had a few drinks and they might be having some problems, you know?" he says. "They have something that's bugging them and they think, I'll never see this guy for the rest of my life...
...Thanks to the University Information Systems' new telephone rate for evenings, $15 is enough to gab for 150 minutes...
...cops, Hollywood executives and gun-lobbyists alike, from Gloria Estefan to the CEO of Smith & Wesson, were all there Monday, and Clinton isn't pointing fingers at any of them. "We are not here to place blame, but to shoulder responsibility," he said in a brief statement before the gab-fest was closed to the media. He's got a better idea, a way to get to the head of the class on Littleton without upsetting anyone who can make him regret it. He's declaring youth violence a disease...
...show that brought you the dancing baby now displays its other choreographic skills. Elaine (Jane Krakowski) worries about participating in an upcoming dance contest. Gab-queen Rosie O'Donnell guest stars as a marriage counselor for Billy and Georgia (Gil Bellows, Courtney Thorne-Smith). Also, when John (Peter MacNicol) has his birthday, Nelle (Portia de Rossi) gives him an intriguing present...
Take Gates' vaccine initiative. It came after months of research into existing immunization programs and meetings with world-health experts, including one gab session at his Medina, Wash., home a few weeks before the gift's unveiling. The cause appealed to him in part because it promised rapid, tangible returns. "The science is proved--it's just a question of driving equal access," says Gates. "It might take 15 years for that to happen. But through this program it can be cut down to as little as five years--and there are millions of lives at stake in the difference...