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Senior-citizen status may have been her chronological due, but it never seemed to fit the refined beat of her music, which--young fans in Italy to the contrary--was less straight jazz than pop on an elegant upswing. There is no doubt that Billie Holiday had a darker genius...
Nowhere in this hydrocarbon hysteria did the notion arise that maybe gas prices are exactly where they ought to be. The price of any commodity is a means of balancing supply and demand, and right now the balance is going in favor of higher prices. In gasoline's case, demand...
On the other hand, Paul's revelations didn't reveal anything probability couldn't: I'll have two children, one smart; my career will be intellectual-ish; and my libido is on an accelerating upswing. Nothing I couldn't have told you. But Paul's foresight wasn't entirely banal...
Anticipation for this weekend's match-ups is a result of the recent upswing in play.
But the concentration seems to be on the upswing. After a recent revamping of the history curriculum, first-year enrollments in history have increased from 55 in 1993 to 65 in 1994 to 91 in 1995.