Word: spinnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Maybe he suggests that the elderly have a duty to die, as a former Nevada governor once did. Maybe he takes a spin in a tank to demonstrate his machismo, as a certain Massachusetts governor once...
...write-offs. That strategy changed in 1984 when Alan Quasha, a lawyer and Harvard M.B.A., bought control and became chairman. Quasha proceeded to trade large chunks of Harken stock for sick oil companies, which owned not only wells but also pipelines and retail gas stations. Aiming to salvage or spin off the assets, Quasha generated a dizzying web of deals that would eventually push Harken's debt past $100 million and boost its revenues to more than $1.1 billion by the end of the decade...
There are moments when Morrison can inflect a lyric like Mose Allison, other times when he can spin out a blues line like John Lee Hooker. It's a daft and reckless mix, but Morrison makes it work through sheer force of spirit, what he once called, in a memorable song, the "inarticulate speech of the heart." His rhythms are irresistible, his lyrics like an amalgam of Yeats, Kerouac and Chuck Berry. The Irish tenor John McCormack said what distinguishes an important voice from a good one is the indescribable but crucial quality that he termed "the yarrrrragh." The yarrrrragh...
Exactly. If the UC wants a PR officer for the sake of creating a position, that's fine. If the UC wants a PR officer for the sake of providing better spin control, that's pathetic. Student governments--like student newspapers--are supposed to be unpopular. If you can't take the abuse, quit...
Early ratings for the newcomers are only mediocre, and some of these shows will undoubtedly spin into oblivion. (Reagan's show is the first one reported to be in trouble.) But potential successors are already cranking up. Dennis Miller, the former Saturday Night Live wiseacre, will have a late-night forum starting in January, and Academy Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg is set to star in her own talk show next fall...