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...Murs is “proud to bear the title” of underground (rumor has it that his name stands for “Makin’ Underground Raw Shit”). He sees underground music as defined by its subject matter, encompassing ordinary, everyday events, and by the performer. “We don’t look like typical rappers. An underground rapper is one who is himself, not playing himself...
...college I wrote in a kind of cramped scribble that looked like ‘Howard’. It was good enough to fool most people, but there was one instructor who stopped a class to say “Conlon, there’s a rumor going around that says you went to Harvard.” I replied, “Not likely, Sarge.” After the class I went up to the Sergeant and told him I hadn’t been completely honest and apologized. He patted me on the back and told...
...times that many. The U.S. death toll in April 2003, the month Baghdad fell, was 37; the number killed in hostilities in April 2004 climbed to 107 last week, a reminder that winning a war can be deadlier than fighting it in the first place. "There's a rumor that Bush is going to redeclare war here. Have you heard it?" asks a 1st Cavalry Division private on patrol as he mans a machine gun in a Baghdad slum. "It's a good idea. Right now we drive around just enough to get people really angry and let them take...
...rumor got started in the Baltic states last month, then swept across all of Central and Eastern Europe. Alzbeta Santúrová, a retiree who lives in the south Slovak village of Bajc, heard one version of it last week: the price of sugar was about to skyrocket from the current 98? per kilo to around $1.34. So Santúrová is stocking up; she is buying 50 kg. "I am afraid," says Santúrová, 65, who lives on a $170-a-month pension. "I need at least 60 kg of sugar to make wine every...
...rumor has it, Parker—long considered the Vince Lombardi of the sport—was minding his business in the Murr center when he was approached by a security guard. Apparently, the guard did not recognize Parker—mistaking him for a homeless man—and asked him to leave the building...