Word: skips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tour to support their new albums because, in the case of Pearl Jam, the band has become too haughty to do interviews and is involved in a long-running feud with Ticketmaster; in the case of R.E.M., the band was plagued with health-related problems and decided to skip a major tour; and in the case of Nirvana, the record--a live album--was released in the wake of lead singer Kurt Cobain's suicide, and the trio's surviving band members could not mount a successful tour. Of course, the problems might also have been due to the fact...
...dinner at Loker, then go back to Widener again. Better yet, if you can afford a day away from your work, take a real break. Go to the beach in the middle of winter, to the Public Gardens, the Museum of Fine Arts, Mount Auburn Cemetery or the zoo. Skip town for the day or the weekend. Go to Providence, New Haven or New York. Stay off-line...
...work; the number of fires across the nation has plummeted 40% since 1977. Last year medical-aid requests accounted for nearly 60% of all fire calls. "We're making the private guys look good, and then they drive up and take the patient and all the money away," complains Skip Kulikoff, fire-fighters-union president in San Bernardino, California. "It's full-scale war," agrees James Page, publisher of the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. "Fire fighters see their careers in the balance." They have won control of the ambulance trade in part of Orlando, Florida; Troy, New York...
...tantalized by such warnings and then smitten by the puppies in the movie? It's a strategy I must resist. I'm not in dire need of a dog right now. There seems to be no way to escape the anti-Dalmatian media blitz, but I am going to skip the movie. Just in case...
...owes back taxes, has a lien on the house for $685,248. At the time of the murders, Simpson had liquid assets amounting to about half a million dollars, but they were immediately used to pay lawyers. A member of the first defense team says Simpson's financial adviser, Skip Taft, looked at everything Simpson owned but found nothing significant aside from the Rockingham house and a condominium in Manhattan, which Simpson has since sold. He did raise about $1 million with his book I Want to Tell You, and the Star paid $450,000 for the rights...