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...songs evoke, or quote, old favorites. "The Nicest Kids in Town" echoes both "The Peppermint Twist" and "Mony Mony," cutely tweaked to "Money money!" The sextet "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now" is the Crystals' "He's Sure the Boy I Love" (the saxophones primmer than Nino Tempo's on the Spector singles) with a twist of "Twist and Shout." Tracy's ballad "I Can Hear the Bells" summons the ghosts of white-girl singers and the ultimate white-girl tribute song, Neil Sedaka's "Calendar Girl"; instead of the months counted off, we hear "Round One... Round...
McCarthy said that unusually warm weather could be caused by cycles of oscillation in atmospheric pressure that bring in different storm patterns. Such cycles include the relatively short duration El Nino, or the long duration North Atlantic Oscillation and Pacific Decadel Oscillations...
...Nino, move over. The rising star on the meteorological scene, according to climatology insiders, is the Arctic Oscillation, or AO. It could be the reason, scientists argue, that people have been lunching outdoors in New York City, driving with the top down in Boston and tanning by the lake in Chicago--in December...
...When the AO swings negative, the circling Arctic winds weaken and cold air descends from the polar region, leading to below-normal temperatures across the hemisphere. The AO seesaws every winter, and appears to be drifting back to the negative now, at least momentarily. Combine that with an El Nino- and La Nina-free forecast, says the NWS, and the balmy fall just may have been a prelude to a frightful winter...
Whether you want to call it a trilogy, “two sequels and an epilogue” or two brilliant brothers and a bastard child, The Godfather trilogy’s cultural import cannot be overstated. With Nino Rota’s haunting score, Coppola’s deft storytelling, Gordon Willis’ exquisite cinematography and any number of superlative cast performances, the first two films are as close to pitch-perfect filmmaking as any ensemble has ever attempted. However, woe betide the one who actually decides to play the DVD to Part...