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...Eminem, "The Marshall Mathers LP" For a listener with an admittedly limited affinity for the genre, Slim Shady's passion and lyrical virtuosity commanded, if not a place in the heart, at least a somewhat anxious acknowledgment that something is indeed going on here. Fast, funny and literally furious, the Elvis to Dr. Dre's Sam Phillips gives a whirlwind tour of a seriously conflicted young superstar's mind, while holding up an in-your-face mirror to the public's idolatrous expectations. His hostility comes off as personal beefs directed at particular individuals rather than undifferentiated hatred - there...
...method to decide the Florida voting case that made Bush President. (Extrapolating from some surveys I've done, I calculate that there are now approximately 23 people in the U.S. who genuinely believe the Justices would have made the same decision had it been Al Gore who held a slim lead and was desperately trying to prevent a hand recount. That figure includes non-English speakers...
...Campus counseling centers are, as a result, more overburdened than ever before. Designed primarily for short-term care, many of the centers, understaffed to begin with, are then hobbled with more patients than they can accommodate in already-slim time slots. "You have maybe 10 to 15 minutes per student, and it's very frustrating," says Nancy Schulte, a social worker at Virginia's George Mason University. "You barely have time to ask basic questions." Many students are referred off campus for treatment, and the college's counselors may lack the time - or the right - to check on them...
...apex. And this time around, the discounting has already been set in motion by a season of relative slump. So bargains should be plentiful - along with bargain-hunters, for whom that ill-fitting plaid sweater is the perfect excuse to remedy Christmas gift oversights. Profit margins, however, will be slim...
...epicurious.com and marthastewart. com. AllRecipes is the biggest, with over 20,000 recipes submitted by users. Epicurious' 11,000 selections come from past issues of Gourmet and Bon Appetit, while cooking.com culls many of its 5,400 recipes from Cooking Light and Fine Cooking. Martha Stewart's relatively slim 1,000 offerings come from her magazine...