Word: pinches
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...whole lotta Texas, a pinch of preppiness...
...level that, if sustained for any significant length of time, could inflict considerable damage on the U.S. and global economies. O.K., that's the scare-your-pants-off scenario. At the moment, though, most experts are more optimistic. Despite the capacity strains, they don't think the oil pinch will get anywhere near so bad. Indeed, in the absence of a Middle East war or some other unforeseen calamity, the price of crude is expected to drift down after the winter peak-demand period, perhaps to less than $30 per bbl. by spring and even into the low-$20 range...
Weiner doesn't use his car every day--he spends most of his time on campus, and it can be inconvenient to retrieve the car from the garage. But having his own transportation has proved useful in a pinch...
...Linkin Park's sound is the sort of sonic soup their audience hungers for: a handful of metal, a sprinkle of hip-hop and just a pinch of ambient. But the name of the game is consistency, and Bennington and Shinoda deftly pull together the squall of tracks like "Crawling" and "One Step Closer." Indeed, picking a first single must have been near-impossible, as there are no real duds on Hybrid Theory-each track offers something to hum or shout along with. At the same time, it's hard to ignore Linkin Park's packaged feel, from their myriad...
...perhaps the biggest problem the Cardinals had was the constant re-shuffling of its lineup and pitching rotation. Trying to combat the Mets' southpaw squadron, LaRussa tried to spread out his right-handed batters. With McGwire relegated to pinch-hitting, the most powerful right handed batter was third baseman Fernando Tatis, who hadn't been playing consistently since the dog days of summer. Granted, Tatis did his best, but his glove was too costly...