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...Ashley Parker Angel (could any stage name be more transparent?) pulls out his guitar for the acoustic “Love Should Be a Crime,” the show reaches a new low. Even the two chords he strums through the song are inaudible; thankfully they forgot to plug in the guitar...
...Close Those Cracks Caulk and weatherstrip around doors and windows to plug up air leaks...
...before Bush arrived. In 1997 the Senate, which must ratify treaties, voted 95 to 0 that no global-warming pact that came before it would be okayed unless it treated developed and developing countries equally. Such a repudiation is one more argument the Administration is using to pull the plug on Kyoto--though it was more than mere conscience that was probably driving the Senate. One of the resolution's sponsors was Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, from the coal-producing state of West Virginia...
...foresees its customers shopping or downloading music while stuck in traffic jams. Carmakers call it "telematics" - interacting with services by means of text, buttons, touch screens, voice or sensors while driving. Is it a dream come true (Time in 1944 reported on an amphibious futuristic auto that let you "plug in the two-way radio to order your dinner ahead"), or an attempt to stand out from the pack? Telematics can make driving easier and safer: voice activation means eyes stay on the road. Viasat and Tegaron both contact emergency services when prompted by a car's crash sensor...
...They fear that if the Supreme Court can pick and choose which parts of the bill are constitutional, they'll be left with a system that will allow the Republicans to kill them with unlimited spending by issue-advocacy groups (the "loophole" that the Wellstone amendment is meant to plug), but doesn't leave them the soft money to catch up. For them, that's the worst of all possible worlds...