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...fair, Bowie's lyrics are clever, full of dread of the future and longing for escape. On Slip Away, he wistfully croons, "In space it's always 1982," referring to the peak of his popularity. But the music feels like a collection of eerie sound effects in search of a memorable tune to adorn. On the covers, Neil Young's I've Been Waiting for You and Cactus, a song by '80s post-punk band the Pixies, the futuristic soundscapes complement good, straightforward rock songs that provide what the album desperately needs: energy...
...crews want to peak at the NCAA Championship,” said sophomore Leigh Pascavage. “As it happened, we reached our peak at the Sprints. We were working towards it all season and we really came through there...
...investigating these deaths would become Reichert's life. The man whom cops would call the Green River Killer was to murder at least 49 women. Some investigators think he killed as many as 90, which, if true, would make him the biggest serial murderer in U.S. history. At his peak in '83, he was murdering as many as five women a month...
First, determine how many of those 9,000 minutes are peak ("anytime") and how many are off-peak (usually nights and weekends). A plan with 8,700 off-peak minutes but only 300 peak is no bargain. Even long-winded midnight gabbers rarely chew up more than 3,000 off-peak minutes. And for most people, 300 peak minutes is the bare minimum...
Also, take a close look at what time in the evening those off-peak minutes begin. The difference between a "nighttime" that starts at 8 p.m. and one that starts at 9 p.m. can add up to a lot of money. One carrier, VoiceStream, doesn't offer any weekday nighttime hours at all; its off-peak starts at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and ends at 12:01 a.m. Monday...