Word: horned
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...Slow Singing Our Milestone on the death of jazz singer Shirley Horn [Oct. 31] noted her signature 1991 album, You Won't Forget Me, which showcased her "sultry, voluptuous, plaintive" voice. TIME talked with Horn about her singing in a March 25, 1991, report: "'It's been written that Shirley Horn is back on the scene,' Horn reflects. 'Well, I haven't been anywhere. And I've been busy' ... More precisely, Horn is front and center, but her secret?her jazz essence?is still intact. It's what draws you first when you hear the smoky timber of her voice...
...Somalia are among the world's most alluring. Somalia has lacked an effective central government for 14 years, and the U.S. believes that al-Qaeda--linked militants operate there. Combined Task Force 150, a multinational naval unit, patrols in the nearby Gulf of Aden and the waters around the Horn of Africa, searching for suspected terrorists who may be moving equipment or people by sea or planning a maritime attack. But with its attention focused on stopping terrorists, the U.S. Navy has been hesitant about pursuing pirates who roam the area. Commander Jeff Breslau, a U.S. Navy spokesman in Bahrain...
...terrors of urban living” seem to denigrate the relative trivialities of the country (chirping birds and glorious grass) and accentuate the important educational opportunity available from living in a city like Cambridge. After all, I’d rather wake up to the sound of a blaring horn and be exposed to the deepest problems of society—which are laid bare for all to see in Cambridge—than be serenaded by chickadees in a tranquil setting where the only people I run into are transplanted suburbanites who close their eyes to the problems...
...visitors with lesser-known "Treasures of the Titans." A more accurate description of the 140 items assembled by the National Jewelry Institute: knickknacks of the rich and famous. Who, after all, wouldn't want to see J.P. Morgan's Cartier cologne holder, right, or William Randolph Hearst's buffalo-horn drinking cup, above? Come March, the bric-a-brac exhibit will shift from the first half of the 20th century to the latter, featuring, among other items, Elvis' most utilitarian bling--his gold Dunhill lighter...
...then whenever you make mistakes later you kind of know that you should be doing better, because you know that you can.” The weekend proved to be somewhat anticlimactic for the rest of the sailing team, as a lack of wind forced the cancellation of the Horn Trophy, which was scheduled to be held on Harvard’s home waters. The weekend’s spotlight, therefore, was entirely on the freshmen. “We have a very strong freshman class,” team co-captain Sloan Devlin said. “In general...