Word: pound
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After coming under harsh criticism from conservatives for putting out records with controversial lyrics, Time Warner announced today it is shedding its 50 percent stake in Interscope Records, the rap label of such stars as Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound and Tupac Shakur. The decision followed Interscope's refusal to allow Warner Music Group to review lyrics for an upcoming rap record by Tha Dogg Pound. "The sale of Interscope is not going to reduce the amount of sex and violence in American culture," says music critic Christopher John Farley. "It is all around us: in the streets...
...from coastal areas today as Gov. Lawton Chiles declared astate of emergency, closed state offices, activated the National Guard, and suspended toll-collecting on evacuation routes in preparation for the arrival Tuesday of Hurricane Erin. While not projected to be as lethal as Andrew was, Erin is expected to pound the southern part of the state with 90 mph winds, dumping up to 10 inches of rain and causing widespread flooding...
...opponents, he says, don't loathe the bureau itself, just the laws it must enforce. "So what do you do?" he asks. "You attack an agency that not very many people know a lot about." Says a supervisory agent: "If you can't get the laws overturned, you pound on the agents. Because if you pound on them long enough, they'll turn around and say, 'Why bother...
...rules permit poultry frozen hard as a bowling ball to be thawed at market and sold as "fresh" to an unsuspecting public. From the producer's perspective, the rationale for this fraud is easily understood. Freezing increases shelf life, and chickens labeled "fresh" command as much as $2 a pound more than birds marketed as frozen. At current consumption levels, this rip-off costs Americans nearly $1 billion annually...
...time of psychological flux. Despite the collapse of the Soviet bloc and the end of Moscow's subsidies, Castro has hung on to power. So, asks Menoyo, what have the exiles gained from 35 years of confrontation? "Imagine a person who diets for that long without losing a pound,'' he says. "Anyone with common sense would change diets...