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Soon, he starts to sing the constant refrain of the song, "Eileen, won't you lean on me." As usual, his throatiness is inexplicably high-pitched and evokes visions of a man cringing in pain. But Richards articulates clearly (it works, really) and his sentimental lyrics become surprisingly charming...
...were piled like groceries -- in perfect stacks. Ever wily, he split his operation into distinct divisions: thieves and choppers. No one but Wills knew the complete workings of the business. Still, the boss could not resist the occasional bit of brazen bravado. Detectives trailing him once saw Wills calmly lean out the window of a hot 1970 yellow Corvette to banter with a policeman...
...good instability today," a lean fellow with the quick eyes of a race-car driver says with satisfaction. He's an American hang-glider pilot named Jim Lee, and he is talking about air masses, not temperament. Instability, good to violent, is what the high desert of California's Owens Valley, near Bishop, is known for. Very hot, light air, cooking on the valley floor and over the canyons, rises at great speed in columnar thermal currents; and from upper altitudes, cold, heavy air sinks fast in compensation. You can "peg" your variometer here with no trouble...
...first and most obvious problem has to do with money. Unlike the newly fashionable lean and mean corporations, symphonic ensembles cannot readily strip down. It takes the same number of musicians -- about 100 -- to play a Strauss tone poem today as it did a century ago, and a major Beethoven symphony still requires almost an hour to perform. Orchestras raise funds through ticket sales (about 35% of their income), government funding and private donations, but income is hard pressed to keep up with expenditures even when an orchestra is performing to near capacity houses...
...lean fare flops, fast-food chains are beefing up menus...