Word: hauntings
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People who haunt New York City rock clubs love to cheer for bands from places they scorn. There's always the chance of being the first to discover the next Ohio (Devo, the Dead Boys) or Georgia (the B-52's, REM). Now they're at it again. At one of two sold-out concerts last month by Omaha band the Faint, young urbanites were chanting "Ne-bras-ka! Ne-bras-ka!" like mascots at the Cornhuskers' stadium--and only half kidding...
...1950s radio series co-starring Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine and Peter Sellers that redefined modern British humor; in Rye, England. Milligan started his career at the age of 15 singing in music halls. Injured as a soldier during WW II, he first experienced the mental illness that was to haunt him for the rest of his life. When the The Goon Show ended in 1960, Milligan became a comedy-show host, and appeared in a number of films, including Monty Python's Life of Brian. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. See Eulogy. RETIRED. ALLAN DONALD, RETIRED...
...morsels into your mouth. A burned tongue is not an impairment you want on a weekend in Taipei. Our bellies full of xiaochi, or snacks, we thank Xiao Gugu and hop in a cab to join some friends for the last set at Brown Sugar, a popular jazz haunt; call (886-2) 2322-4677 for reservations. There's no cover charge?just a $13 minimum on weekends, which six of us put toward a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label priced at only $80. We watch a sultry Louisiana jazz singer whisk the crowd into a merry meringue with...
...Such abuses continue to haunt the lives of both victims and those forced to persecute them. Says Sein Win: "I have nightmares about what we have done...
...fear that the financial catastrophes of recent years will continue to haunt our financial markets and questions will continue to be raised about our system of investor-based capitalism on which our economy depends," Fisher said. And closing that "disclosure gap" - not preventing the next corporate implosion, but making sure investors get the warning signs as promptly as possible - with accounting- and disclosure-rules reform is now Washington policymakers' most important...