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...country" brings to mind images of Shania Twain, kick her leopard-print-clad ass right on out. Alt-country, or Y'allternative as it is sometimes called, is definitely not the glitzy pop-twang that today's country has become. Nor does it have the excess of sound-alike, look-alike bands of alternative rock. For initiates to the alt-country scene, it's hard to define the sound. Maybe the stage footwear of the Jayhawks provides a good analogy. Vocalist Gary Louris was decked out in cowboy boots, while fellow guitarist Kraig Johnson sported Converse sneakers. Not quite country...
...full seven paragraphs were devoted to the candidacy of Stephen N. Smith '02--his name is mentioned eight times--while Paul A. Gusmarino '02, the founder of "UC Books" (the council's biggest accomplishment in some time), has to wait until page A-5 to see his name in print, and then it's only mentioned twice...
Sooner or later we all discover that our arms just aren't long enough to read anymore. You know the problem. You can't focus on the small type in books and magazines and on aspirin bottles at your normal reading distance, and so you start moving the print farther and farther away. If you haven't already experienced this trombone effect, don't worry, you will. Starting around age 40, the lenses in most people's eyes start to weaken. You begin to lose the ability to focus on things close up and have to resort to bifocals...
...bottom line. But with just two employees, Register couldn't afford to pull them from their day-to-day jobs to spend time calling carriers, requesting quotes and handling negotiations. "Phone service is one of the worst things to shop for," he says. "You have to read the fine print on everything...
...Bush didn't get many performance points. The speech's best lines were deflated by choppy pacing, and it seemed written on his face that he needed a larger-print Teleprompter. But the message was forward-looking and above all conciliatory, outlining bipartisan ground on education, health care and Social Security. Bush's job was to whet the public appetite for the next administration - his - and politely offer Gore a clear road out of town...