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Back in the synthetic '70s, when disco and watered-down rock ruled the radio, a band called Steely Dan was making some of the most elegantly offbeat, wickedly incisive music ever to sneak onto the pop charts. Hits like Reeling in the Years and Rikki Don't Lose That Number were only the tip of the creative iceberg; beneath the taut tempos, cryptic lyrics and refreshingly unfamiliar melodies lurked an arcane, darkly sardonic intelligence summed up by the group's name, which was inspired by the moniker for a sexual appliance in William Burroughs' Naked Lunch...
...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption post the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...
...BOTTOM LINE: Begone, dull scruple! Sneak out of school and and enjoy this exuberant romantic romp...
...retreat for Democratic Senators in the Virginia Tidewater is usually a relaxed affair, with the attractions of golf, beer and barbecue. But for Bill Clinton it was a chance for another 12-hour day of nonstop talk about health care, Bosnia and the deficit. As his hosts tried to sneak in a drink or a bite of supper from the buffet, Clinton was all business and going strong, guzzling mineral water straight from the bottle and grilling individual Senators about how they would reform campaign finance or move the pesky crime bill...
...from-concentrate behemoths for profit. He hatches the dinosaurs on a Central American island and builds a theme park around them. Before the scheduled opening, a few guests -- including craggy paleontologist Alan Grant, lissome paleobotanist Ellie Sattler and Hammond's two young grandchildren -- come to Jurassic Park for a sneak preview. Then things go spectacularly wrong. The novel's first half is a controlled tram trip through this high-tech zoo, the second half a terror- filled obstacle course strewn with dinosaurs amuck: swooping pterodactyls, dilophosaurs that spit venom, a famished tyrannosaurus and a Panzer division of velociraptors, the meanest...