Word: slayer
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...long ago, of course, Greenspan was the one trusted oracle who Wall Street and Washington believed could steer through such choppy waters. After taking over from inflation slayer Paul Volcker in 1987, Greenspan greatly expanded the role and influence of the Fed Chairman, whose principal job is to oversee monetary policy. His economic mission creep included commenting on everything from tax cuts and the housing market to entitlement programs. In 1996 he warned investors of "irrational exuberance," only to turn around and exacerbate the stock market bubble, his critics allege, by becoming a cheerleader for the New Economy. Many...
...unearth secrets of her own past in the process. It may sound like The O.C.S.I., but Mars is much better than its high-concept premise. Bell is a captivating star, with a girl scout's face and Philip Marlowe's jadedness. And like its godsister Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mars uses its pulp premise to dramatize a universal teen experience: that growing up means sleuthing out the mystery of who you really...
...Michael Jackson skit, et al., and the Sri Lankan/London native M.I.A. whose parents were in the Tamil Resistance—she mixes dancehall with a lot of cool South Asian material, and then of course, there’s my new album Drums of Death with the folks from Slayer and Public Enemy. I listen to a lot of different styles, so that tends to flow through my stereo system. It’s cultural origami...
...covered a bunch of male artists' songs from a female perspective. Did you ever hear from any of them? Slayer sent T shirts to the crew. They said something completely and totally tasteless, and that's why we love them...
...didn't stand a ghost of a chance. (Hey, she started it!) Since the launches of Twin Peaks and The X-Files, the network schedules have been littered with failed attempts at spooky, paranormal series: Millennium, The Others, Miracles, Wolf Lake and more. (The exceptions, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joan of Arcadia and HBO's Carnivale, have been cult hits or cable shows.) Viewers, meanwhile, gravitated to reality shows and firmly realistic cop procedurals...