Word: heatedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think of records as different chapters in an incredibly long and disjointed novel," says Thompson, whose superb new Rumor and Sigh (Capitol) displays both his carbolic lyricism and his stunning guitar virtuosity. Whitley's peak-heat debut album, Living with the Law (Columbia), comes out of a period of personal turmoil and heartbreak, including the dissolution of his marriage, about which he says, "It was a difficult time. Sort of impossible. I've always needed to write. ((But)) there is a price you pay for whatever goes on. I feel that I've paid something. You get scars from whatever...
From Buenos Aires to United Nations headquarters in New York City, the political heat soared amid a new wave of revelations and signs of impending prosecutions of B.C.C.I. Yet, from London to Bangladesh, the bank's depositors, who may have been bilked of $10 billion in deposits, protested B.C.C.I.'s closure as a Western plot to subjugate the Muslim world...
Kuwaitis traditionally beat the oppressive summer heat by vacationing in Europe, so the country's ghostly appearance is not unusual. But with school starting early in order to squeeze two academic years into one, many of the estimated 300,000 Kuwaitis still outside the country are beginning to return. Many stop first at a cemetery on the edge of town, where the graves of friends and relatives killed by the Iraqis are marked by red banners. It is only at night, when Kuwaitis gather to gossip, that one perceives the pervasive seething. The treatment of Palestinians is on everyone...
...Husseini presses on. He has earned Palestinians' trust by living modestly and observing Muslim traditions. At his home, he meets constantly with visitors who count on him to resolve financial, political and family problems. A word from al-Husseini can even take the heat off Palestinians accused of collaborating with the Israelis. Admirers and foes alike find al- Husseini decent and sincere. That is little solace. Al-Husseini likens his role as go-between to that of a mountain climber: "I need to think only about not falling...
...book-promotion tour through the U.S. last month, Mayle met five people in Cleveland who had driven through his town within the past year. Small world. Now it's home to the "true heat and sharp light" of his adopted country. Not much has changed. The Mayles have a new car, but it is another Citroen. Finally he will finish his novel, to be called Hotel Pastis. It promises to be a good place to check into...