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Muse Sick N Hour Mess Age isn't Public Enemy's best CD, but it is lyrically provocative and musically rich. The songs are relentless, pummeling, chaotic -- something like a house party crossed with a race riot. As lead rapper Chuck D told Time: "We wanted to borrow from soul, blues, gospel and rock 'n' roll elements and blend them into something we can call our own. And make it faster...
Behind Foster's relentless perfectionism is a surprising strain of insecurity. He knows that in his fickle industry complacency can quickly lead to a fall from the charts. "I always work under the assumption that my latest hit is my last," says the producer. "So I Swear is my last hit." Maybe so, but not many people in the music business would...
...football it's the legs that go first, sapped of their spring and strength by season upon season of relentless battering. In baseball it's the eyes, diminished to the degree that a curve ball looks like a fast ball and there are too many called strike threes. In golf it's the nerves, causing a 3-ft. putt to look like three miles of bad road. In sports from archery to yachting, age steals away the skills, leaving nothing behind for the graying champion to embrace. Except heart...
...could the natural riches of Vu Quang remain unknown to outsiders for so long, especially given the crowded conditions in much of Vietnam and the relentless deforestation taking place? Part of the explanation lies in the region's steep, ragged terrain and exceptionally wet, sweltering weather conditions. The mountainous spine that divides Vietnam and Laos traps moisture evaporated from the South China Sea, creating an unusually stable but inhospitable climate. Incessant rains during the rainy season and dripping fogs during the dry season nurture a slick algae that add a treacherous coating to rocks and other surfaces. That may explain...
...school and has been on welfare most of the years since. Her daughter Hope dropped out when she got pregnant, intentionally, at 17. "She saw other girls with babies," Delores sighs, "and thought they were cute." She and Hope share a house and their welfare checks, but Delores is relentless about breaking the cycle. "I don't say, 'If you finish school . . .' It's always, 'You will finish school, and then you will go to college." Delores is a supporter of the family cap. "If you get pregnant and have another child, it's like you're getting paid...