Word: nailed
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...boomers who want to tell their friends they like old Southern musicians but who don't actually want to listen to an album of old Southern songs. But the Blind Boys freshen up classics like the Impressions' People Get Ready, masterfully riffing off of familiar melodies. They don't nail every song--their take on Prince's The Cross is stiff--but their honey-and-gravel voices are never predictable. They're always hunting for--and finding--the perfect note or harmony that lifts an old tune into the sublime. --By Benjamin Nugent
Like big-haired, nail-tipped airheads mindlessly smacking bubble gum while riding the Staten Island ferry back and forth across the bay, my roommate and I have found ourselves quite inexplicably stuck to our sofas, entranced by the moving images on the screen at the center of our apartment...
INDICATORS But Are They Fattening? The European Commission gave clearance to French cosmetic company L'Oréal and Swiss food giant Nestlé to market food products designed to improve the appearance of hair, nails and skin. The beauty snacks could hit the shelves as early as next year. What's next, nail polish that can cure the common cold...
...last time an American president made war on Iraq, he gathered his aides together and quietly told them what to do. He dispatched some on secret missions to round up cash from rich countries without armies, others to nail down overflight rights from nations that preferred to sit on the fence. He saw to the freezing of Iraqi assets and the movement of U.S. warships, troops and planes--and when they were in position, he mounted a worldwide diplomatic push for war. Only later did he let the public in on the details. Even some of George H.W. Bush...
...security since Sept. 11, of course, is the now familiar screening gauntlet that passengers must go through before entering the gate areas. The obsession, early on, with even the most innocent of personal items has been relaxed somewhat. A sign near the ticket counters in Denver informs flyers that nail clippers, tweezers and syringes--WITH PROOF OF MEDICAL NEED--are now allowed after inspection. Yet plenty of verboten items--knives, screwdrivers, scissors--are still being confiscated. Since these items are not saved or returned to passengers, flyers in Denver started burying them in planters near the entrance to Concourse...