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Dylan can twist his words into stunningly complex alliterative or rhyme schemes, using the sound of the words to build associations and feelings, or he can tell a simple story, constantly repeating verses or choruses with his improvised country diction to make his point. He can write about the endless variations of love or about the emptiness felt inside watching a derelict die on the street. His earliest songs, many of them never recorded, are wide-eyed youthful reflections on the misfortune and injustice he saw as he journeyed through America. He writes about having no money, he writes about...
...strangest twist yet came last week, as the state's Republican Governor and Democratic legislature struggled over a prison-reform bill. The corrections commissioner, Stephen Norris, was ordered jailed for contempt of court. Although Norris was spared a five-day prison sentence by an appeals court, Governor Lamar Alexander called the incident the "most bizarre, strange, weird and unusual set of events I've seen as Governor...
Grease is not the play to see for bardic, tear-jerking drama, but those in a lighter mood should find their way to this talented rendition of an often very funny script. Maybe there's still a bit of life in the "twist...
...thrower Dinesh D'Souza followed in The New York Times by implying that those who support divestment from South Africa are in fact condoning mass extinction and, by obvious implication, persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union. That charge, in addition to being utterly absurd, lent a new, odious twist to anti-Semitic-baiting by the right...
...simpler times, beepers were usually worn by doctors on call to answer medical emergencies. Today they are routinely carried by executives, lawyers and journalists. In fact, they are something of a status symbol. Now comes a new twist: an ersatz beeper so that people can beep themselves. Press a small button. About 25 seconds later, a red light flashes and a beep starts to sound. The person can gracefully excuse himself from a boring business meeting or a dull blind date. About the size of cigarette lighter, this device, called the Timely Beeper, weighs 2.5 oz. and sells...