Word: reconnections
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...your tongue would stick to it. The music and Madonna's vocals are, on the surface, direct and unemotional. However, the contrast between the chilly surface and the confessional nature of many of the lyrics creates a tension, even a passion. The sound of a numb Madonna trying to reconnect to her own emotions has poignancy akin to the Tin Man searching for a heart, or Spock struggling to come to terms with his human half. Orbit says that one song, the coolly funky Swim, was recorded on the day Madonna learned of Gianni Versace's murder: "I think that...
Chavez passes away in April. Critics reviewing his life say he lost touch with the workers as he grew older. Arturo Rodriguez succeeds him as UFW President and organizes a march through grape country to reconnect the UFW with the workers. The grape boycott is no longer actively pursued...
Proponents say the volunteer work will help reconnect frayed communities by showing young citizens that they can make a difference. "Since the Reagan years, many people just don't care," says Terry Thomas, who teaches a class on service at Carver Vocational-Technical School in Baltimore. "The only way to get people back into the community is to teach...
...with tests on the newly-repaired computer draining power rapidly, Michael Foale and the two cosmonauts aboard are anxious to get those gyrodines clicking and whirring again. When full alignment is restored, the Russian arrivals can get to what they came to do: get out to the Spektr and reconnect the power lines that could make the Mir almost whole again. That spacewalk could now happen as early as Thursday...
...Soyuz, where independent life support and power systems are stored, breathing oxygen from its emergency canisters. As usual, Russian space agency officials insisted that all was under control and said that the crew had not been ordered to prepare for an evacuation. Now that the crew has managed to reconnect the power cable, Mir is reorienting towards the sun and recharging its near-depleted power supply. The close call, coming just as the Columbia space shuttle was touching down after a perfect mission, is certain to weaken reinforce strong doubts in Congress about further participation by American astronauts...