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...contrast, we know the investigators like we know our coworkers, as sets of tidbits and quirks--Horatio Caine (David Caruso) is divorced; Gil Grissom (Petersen) is an atheist--but the job comes first, second and third. L&O's cops are even less well defined, and that has helped the show survive the gradual loss of its original cast. (This season Dennis Farina replaced long-timer Jerry Orbach...
...This time around, as she represents her nation for the first time, Amaral is hoping for a better finish than her 43rd place in Sydney. But the 32-year-old runner is not sure she'll even be competing. Although her airfare, as well as that of fellow marathoner Gil Da Cruz Trindade, was paid by the International Olympic Committee, funds that had been raised in Australia for their pocket money have mysteriously gone missing. Sitting in a caf? in the Olympic Village and hesitating over the price of bottled water, Amaral isn't sure she'll be able...
...artists, especially musicians not known for fitting into the narrow hip-hop roles of DJ and MC. On Blazing Arrow, songs featured people such as slam poet and activist Saul Williams, Rage Against the Machine’s Zach De La Rocha and the legendary poet and jazz singer Gil Scott-Heron (most famous for his fiery work, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised?...
Emceed by sportscaster Gil Santos, the ceremony began with a brief but grateful address by team owner Bob Kraft. “Two years ago, I told all of you we wouldn’t be satisfied until we brought another championship to New England, and here it is!” he said, heaving the handcrafted sterling silver Tiffany & Co. trophy into the chilled...
...legislation worked its way through Congress, lawmakers edged closer to legalizing the purchase of prescription drugs from Canada. An amendment sanctioning sales to U.S. pharmacies was sponsored by Representative Gil Gutknecht, a Minnesota Republican, and approved in July by a vote of 243 to 186. Notably, Gutknecht's language provided ample protection for consumers--long the argument cited by the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry for prohibiting Canadian drug purchases. The provision authorized U.S. pharmacies to import prescription drugs made in Canada and other industrialized countries as long as manufacturers used counterfeit-resistant technologies and the drugs were approved...