Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...facial hair in their fist. If the beard is shorter than the Taliban's fist, the offender is publicly whipped. But next door in Iran, Shi'ite Muslims believe that according to the Koran, a beard can be a stubbly 1 cm long. Nawaz Sharif, whose chin is cherub-smooth, was asked if he too would grow a beard. No, he replied, nor will women in Pakistan be forced to veil themselves or stay indoors. Some women are skeptical. "It's a terrible thing. We are already practicing Muslims," says Rashida Patel, president of the Pakistan Women Lawyers' Association...
...clarity of her Honolulu youth (Gus Kahn's 1925 Ukulele Lady). Songs like Laughing Matters, I'm Beautiful and I'm Hip give the album the sassy intimacy of a pep talk from an old friend. But Midler is not aging; those pipes are still brass-bold and silk-smooth. At 52, Bette's still best...
Enter Orientation Week, a calendar of meetings, information sessions and open houses designed to smooth the way for entering students...
...cartpath to equality has not been smooth, however. While golf enthusiasts say the situation has improved in recent years, there are still many private clubs that restrict the hours during which women can play, refuse to allow women to tee off on weekend mornings or do not permit single women to be club members. Tracy Friedman, 49, a television writer from North Hollywood, Calif., was taking Saturday lessons two years ago at Lakeside Golf Club in Burbank when a member invited her to join him for a round. The club pro vetoed the idea. "There...
Guitarist JK has created a terrific background album: something you can slip on as you sit in traffic, wash dishes, spend time with your significant other. This is smooth jazz with a dab of soul: most of the songs are instrumentals featuring JK's pleasant if unadventurous guitar stylings. But on a handful of tracks Robyn Springer and Gerrell Gaddis sing, and the CD comes to life. When Springer takes the lead on Ain't It Good to Know, the album leaps to the foreground. You pull over in traffic, put down the dishes, cuddle closer and just listen...