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...clouds would not have been all that surprising, but the video mercifully ends before the director can conjure up any more scenarios cribbed from the artwork of middle-school girls. You’d think if she was going to dabble in the goth aesthetic she might at least toss a couple of Danzig riffs into the new single. Alas, no such luck. Bela Lugosi must be turning in his grave. —Bernard L. ParhamVery LoudThe Shout Out LoudsI fell in love with the Shout Out Louds as soon as I played their EP—which...
...brightened Monday for Tom DeLay when a Texas judge threw out one of three campaign finance charges against him, the political forecast remains cloudy for the former House Majority Leader to regain his leadership post when Congress returns to Washington in January. The decision by Judge Pat Priest to toss conspiracy allegations against DeLay but let stand two felony money laundering indictments means the case will likely drag on into next year, a ruling that will make it difficult for DeLay to reclaim his job before it?s given to someone else. Many Congressional Republicans are unhappy with the temporary...
...cold. As they raced back to the two helicopters, German snipers on the roof of a nearby building opened fire. The Palestinians shot out the lights on the tarmac, and the Germans were paralyzed for nearly an hour, until four armored police vehicles arrived. That prompted a terrorist to toss a grenade into one helicopter, and another to shoot the hostages in the other helicopter. Three Black September operatives survived; Germany freed them nearly two months later for the release of passengers on a hijacked Lufthansa...
...absence of kegs, students are more inclined to drink heavier and harder earlier for fear that they will be unable to access alcohol at the tailgate. Unable to sip brews outside in the open, under the watchful eye of police and administration officials, students will be tempted to toss back shots of hard liquor in their own rooms without supervision. Clearly, the fact that Yale’s decision to allow kegs didn’t lead to an increase in alcohol-related incidents this year (on the contrary, there was a sharp decline) only bolsters this argument. Hopefully Harvard...
Even now, his buddies still call him “Activity Pete,” a nod to his nearly constant need for an impromptu toss of the football or swing at the whiffle ball...