Word: gigged
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David Gray was flying blind. The English singer-songwriter was on a plane last year, 10,000 m in the air, on his way to another gig in another city-part of a dizzying 12-month tour-when he realized that he had no idea, as he says now, "where the bloody hell I was or where I was going." He checked the time on his watch, but that was broken too. "I thought, ?Well that's absolutely the way my bloody life is going.' One day I'm in Zimbabwe and the next I'm on the North Pole...
...give back to the children. Last Tuesday, as Gore was guided through the halls of Columbia on his first day, I walked around California State University, Chico, looking for the journalism department, where I had agreed to serve as a distinguished visiting professor for two days. I took the gig because after three years at TIME, I felt it was my duty to give back some of the deep journalism knowledge I've acquired. I also figured I had a better shot with college girls now that...
...Winners ARIEL SHARON Looks like a sure thing. Israeli Likud leader builds up a 20% lead in race to be P.M. JOHN ASHCROFT Top cop. With slim win in U.S. Senate, Mr. Controversy becomes Attorney General SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS The next soap hunk? Mexican rebel leader does TV gig and sees his popularity soar...
...joke could very well be on the XFL. Is there any XFL player who doesn't have one eye on the field and one in the stands, trying to catch the attention of an NFL scout? Is there any coach who doesn't dream of securing a head coaching gig in the very league that the XFL mocks? It's like "Temptation Island" with a 50-yard line. Compromise yourself now and cash in later...
...gave myself six months off from being in shape." By eating whatever he wanted, playing golf every day and drinking Grey Goose vodka with cranberry juice every night, Barkley added 70 lbs. to his frame. By Jan. 1 he had hit 337 lbs. Now, in his new gig as a TNT studio analyst, he's submitting himself to humiliating weekly weigh-ins in a bid to get back in shape. "I don't drink anymore," he says, over the phone. "Well, I only drink two days a week, and I restrict myself to a six-pack." Somehow, Barkley has dropped...