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...performance she's done since releasing her critically acclaimed and best-selling album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She might also do a little acting on the show--SNL staff members have asked her to appear in a skit. But as Hill reads, her small rose-blossom lips wilt into a frown. She hands you the script. It's titled Pimp Chat--it's a sketch about a street hustler with a talk show. Hill's role: a 'ho. Or, if she's uncomfortable with that, she can play a female pimp. Hmmm. Now, being in an SNL sketch...
...this replacement approach put the pressure back on U.N. efforts to contain Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. Washington is still betting that the highly trained inspection teams that trooped back to Baghdad last week can bridle Saddam's more dangerous ambitions. But privately, the hope is starting to wilt. U.S. officials are concerned that the eight-year-old U.N. regime may have done almost all it can to uncover existing stockpiles. UNSCOM inspectors have already rid Iraq of many of its missiles, launchers and tons of chemical munitions and production equipment. They are now searching mainly for biological weapons...
...fresh produce if at all possible. Canned spinach is a horror. I prefer to wilt 10 oz. of spinach quickly in a covered skillet with a little water and lemon juice or with some garlic and a teaspoon of olive oil. It takes just three minutes to steam broccoli until it's bright green and a little crunchy--and it then retains its vitamins and other nutrients...
...sport where records are usually broken by only a hundredth of a second, her accomplishments are the equivalent of Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak or Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points in a single game...
...extramarital affair was revealed when his mistress (a former college student of his) brought one of their two children to a hospital after the child was injured in an accident. The hospital requested the father's name, and Schmitz--a church-and-family conservative--then watched his political career wilt...