Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the presidential election does roll around, the Democrats may well be able to sit back and watch the Republicans muddle through primaries and campaigns with an uninspiring and bland figurehead. However, there is no reason to believe that the Democrats will not offer the same character to the voters. The ugly truth is that both parties are heading towards the center at breakneck speed...
...growing number among these vendors of domestic wares are claiming to have found a kinder, more humane way to do their job. This new breed speaks, often in near evangelical terms, of basic values and touchy-feely sympathies that have traditionally been anathema in the cutthroat race to roll new cars the hell off the inventories as fast as possible. Says Gill: "We've found it's O.K. to be fair to the customer." Flow, whose dealerships last year handled $250 million in sales, insists, "Our focus is on creating friends rather than making deals...
...Blues is not just Lady Day crooning in a darkened, smoke-filled, hole-in-the-wall nightclub, although that is a part of it. No, the Blues varies from James Brown to the gospel troup Blind Boys from Alabama. It goes from funk to jazz to rock-n-roll to country. But all of these are not subsets of the Blues. I suppose they are considered to be the Blues if they exhibit, in Robert Earl Keen, Jr.'s words, "that long and lonesome feeling," whatever that may be. The most intriguing part about the Blues...
...yowls and Richards' riffs are more than a tad familiar, the duo launch into their trademark grooves with such brio that the results are still scintillating. By showcasing what the Stones have always done best, Voodoo Lounge, while not breaking any new ground, secures their status as rock 'n' roll's reigning survivors...
...thing that really set Doobious Leghorn apart was the sweet sound of sax player Brad Barile, especially on the Middle-Easternish "Babahanooj." Although the sax isn't first instrument you think of when you think rock 'n' roll, Barile makes it an integral part of the band's music rather than just a gimmick...