Word: wee
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...they spat and spark, so does Moonlighting shine. But even when the TV cameras are not shooting Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis, the atmosphere on the set of the ABC hit series is getting, well, just a wee bit volatile. Stories of temper tantrums and jealousy between the stars are making the rounds in Hollywood. Perhaps to get away from it all, Shepherd and Willis have stepped up the moonlighting they do when they are not doing Moonlighting. Willis, who has been known to croon a note or two on the series, will be making like the New Jersey Bruce...
JAMES YBARRA, contestant in a California radio show's water-drinking contest called "Hold your wee for a Wii"--named for the prize, a new Nintendo game machine--after a fellow contestant, a 28-year-old mother of three, died of water intoxication. The show has been taken off the air, and several of its employees have been fired...
SAVANE OPENS WITH A FEW NOTES on a single-stringed African violin. Then Touré comes in with a guitar riff worthy of onetime boss John Lee Hooker, and Pee Wee Ellis, James Brown's ex-saxophonist, blows on through. And there you have it: the journey of the blues from West Africa to the Apollo in just a few seconds. It's rare that world music actually contains multitudes, but Touré, a hero in his native Mali, picks the pocket of any culture with something to offer. There's a stew that makes you optimistic about the future, even...
...previous charge of possession of a handgun without a permit, had the misfortune of being spotted by Muncie police as he left a gas station last week. Even worse, three of the arresting officers - women's world wrestling champion Trish Stratus, former CHiPS star Erik Estrada and Jason Wee-Man Acuna - were celebrities, who had received police training and joined the law-enforcement team for the TV reality show...
...There is a place among the faculty for those who seek to contribute to human knowledge in the former fashion—that is, indirectly—and frankly, it’s unfortunate that we presently force them to compromise their research time for the sake of teaching wee, trivial undergraduates. These professors should be relieved of their teaching duties immediately and consigned to the research that is their passion. They should, of course, have their salaries adjusted accordingly. After all, if you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have your pudding...