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...summed up by its appalling lyrics: “The oil is spitting in the saucepan / I squeeze the sponge and let the cat out / Oh, my head sounds like that.” Gabriel is never boring to listen to, but when none of the songs is much shorter than seven minutes, the burden of listening to an entire rendition of how his head sounds is more pain than it’s worth. If Gabriel realizes his sonic experiments on the outer limits of pop much more interesting than how his head sounds, his next album will...
...report also referred to the higher cost and shorter shelf -lives of spermicidal condoms in recommending that once existing, unexpired supplies of such condoms have been distributed, no more be purchased...
...Gulf War, notes U.S. Central Command chief Tommy Franks, "we used 10 airframes to a target. Now we assign two targets to an aircraft." The improved efficiency would probably make a new air war in Iraq shorter than the Gulf War's 38 days. Because the JDAM could so effectively cripple Iraq's military, senior Pentagon officials believe the U.S. could topple Saddam with a maximum of 250,000 troops, less than half the number it massed to drive his forces from Kuwait in 1991. The weapon's precision should minimize damage to civilian structures, making post-Saddam Iraq easier...
Men’s basketball coach Frank Sullivan says off-season training, which will be considerably shorter if the ruling remains in place, is crucial in developing individual skills...
...best hope designers have of getting women into their stores is to make them feel that everything in their closet is obsolete. How can a self-respecting woman wear last summer's flowing hippy styles when all around her are tight, shimmering, sexy frocks? The old adage "The shorter the skirts, the better the times" hasn't rung true in ages, and this year is no exception. Skirts on the runways are shorter than ever - so short they make matching the color of one's underwear to the skirt a new priority - but times have rarely been worse. Of course...