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...nearly a year, Washington's mushrooming aviation-security apparatus has concentrated on keeping anything that looks remotely like a weapon off airplanes. A G.I. Joe's toy gun. A granny's knitting needle. Everyone's nail clippers. Yet now the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is on the verge of a curious reversal. Next month the U.S. Senate is expected to pass legislation authorizing pilots to carry guns on planes...
...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...