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...some things have changed. Snake oil is out; tax cuts are in. High energy prices got ya down? A tax cut will make the spike affordable. Might lose your job in the slowdown? A tax cut will turn this economy around and save your paycheck. That's the Bush pitch: tax cuts as a nostrum for everything, and a lot of folks are buying...
...system he calls TTM, turntablist transcription methodology. "Before notation, the music didn't have a lingua franca," says Carluccio. "People would refer to certain scratches, like a baby scratch"--which moves the record back and forth without mixer controls--"or a drag"--a slow scratch that creates a low pitch--"but no one knew how to replicate them precisely." With the help of industrial designer Ethan Imboden, Carluccio created TTM version 1.1, a pamphlet-size guide (available free at www.battlesounds.com that explains the system in simple terms. Now aspiring DJs can actually see the music, making it easier to learn...
...morning at 9:30 that he is leaving the Republican Party. All day Wednesday, speculation was swirling through Washington as the country's lawmakers waited to hear whether U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords, Republican of Vermont, would part ways with the GOP. The will-he-won't-he reached fever pitch with reports of a 2 p.m. press conference, then waned just slightly with the news that the fiercely independent Jeffords was returning later in the day to his home state...
...West Java's Bogor-based Persikabo football club. Suwarso hopes to take the club public in five years, and to recoup his $300,000 investment he plans to introduce a host of promotions and giveaways. NFL-style halftime shows, children's soccer workshops, a fan club and other off-pitch diversions are part of an effort to make his team a complete entertainment package?and justification for raising ticket prices 300%. Another innovation Suwarso has in mind: season tickets. Amazingly, that would be a first in the National League. "No team has ever made a profit in Indonesian football," says...
...Crimson Sports meeting, it's hard to pitch a swimmer as athlete of the week: you look biased and self concerned. It is hard not to over emphasize the small successes by individuals that to an outsider might appear insignificant or meaningless. I saw what it took to get there for these athletes, and I realize how important those achievements were...