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Still, it's hard not to notice Thornton these days. In addition to the three films, he's all over Tower Records on posters for his first album, Private Radio (Lost Highway Records). He's been in bands since he was a high school drummer in a ZZ Top-influenced band, but his album is stark and John Prinish, with lyrics that may be hurting his current campaign: he sings about wearing women's underwear. Not only is Thornton planning to tour, but he's already writing songs for his third album, the one he'll do after the covers...
...there were fears that hundreds of locals--mostly ethnic Uzbeks, Tajiks and Hazara--may have been barricaded in their burning homes. By Friday morning, when Dostum's troops reached the gates of Mazar, the Alliance said it had taken dozens of Taliban troops captive; many more were on the highway, headed out of town. Across the northern tier of Afghanistan, the Taliban abandoned several garrisons but made fierce efforts to defend others. "When they first arrived here, these fanatics believed they were bulletproof," said an Alliance spokesman. "Now they've been shown they...
...phase and begin to reproduce and spew out toxins, which poison tissues and cause organs to fail. Inhaling spores is most likely to result in death because the germs burrow into lung tissue, where they come in close contact with lymph vessels. These serve as the body's liquid highway, transporting nutrients, debris--and bacterial toxins--throughout the body...
...group is also pushing for a new federal licensing system for all purchases of explosives. Such licensing is now required only when explosives are shipped across state lines. Dozens of truck-safety requirements mandated by Congress have been overlooked in the past few years by federal regulators, says longtime highway-safety advocate Joan Claybrook. "They really haven't paid attention" to trucks, she says. Perhaps they will...
BARRIERS They range from ugly concrete highway dividers to elegant sculptures, fountains and benches, but the aim is the same: to keep cars and trucks at a distance