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...onto. I win my second bout, my third, and suddenly it's the final, and I'm still in. My opponent is D.J. Renegade, a wonderful poet from D.C. Best 9 out of 17 will win the title. He offers social consciousness. I counter with childhood innocence. I serve inner wisdom, and he parries with the same. We are tied at 7:7. Then he pulls ahead by two and wins with this: "Old man on steam grate./ Frozen rain coats city street./ Footsteps whisper past...
...their new book It's Not Only Rock & Roll: Popular Music in the Lives of Adolescents (Hampton Press), Peter G. Christenson and Donald F. Roberts declare that today's rap defies its demographic stereotypes: research shows that 1) rap is about as popular in the suburbs as in the inner city; 2) it's as popular with girls as with boys; and 3) almost 75% of rap album sales are to whites...
That cushion of air in your car tire provides a level of safety and comfort--until it blows. Uniroyal's new NailGuard tires, on the market this month, come with an inner lining made from a sticky rubber compound that automatically reseals the tire after nail punctures up to three-sixteenths of an inch wide. Unlike "run-flat" tires, which cost hundreds of dollars extra, NailGuards cost just $10 more per tire...
Behind the scenes, aides worked hard to limit the President's exposure. Because of reports that hackers have broken into closed-circuit TV feeds, some members of Clinton's inner circle are pressing Kendall to ask Starr to have the grand jury come to the White House. They are trying to prevent the testimony from being videotaped because they are certain that the tape would leak. For now, the White House boasts that grand jurors will not be able to ask questions of Clinton. There is nothing, however, to prevent prosecutors at the courthouse from sending over questions to their...
Clinton's inner circle takes some comfort in the fact that in contrast to typical grand-jury testimony, the President's lawyer will remain at his side rather than having to wait outside. "Kendall's job will be to sit there with a briefcase full of socks ready to stuff them into his mouth," jokes a Washington defense lawyer. Kendall might also remind the questioners that they are talking to the President of the U.S.--a protocol Clinton cannot enforce himself. But Kendall can do only so much. If he pulls on the President's sleeve one time too many...