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  Tell the Band to Go Home, UMFM 101.5
Sure, I have a few of their albums and I have the utmost respect for their hits and longevity, but I wouldn't call myself a superfan.
Her voice is surely heavenly, but most of her songs are about death and murder and cheery stuff; she's not exactly what you'd call a gospel singer.
Sure, their songs are weird and spooky and that dude has a really frickin' low voice, but they're also really, really funny between songs.
members.shaw.ca /bandgohome/robsonrants.htm   (12456 words)

  
 EGO: THE STORY OF THE SURES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Played on authentic period instruments.  The story follows career of fictional band "The Sures" based on a skinny-tie/late 70s group.
Frank's EGO rears its ugly head and ruins everything.
A story with a moral: "Don't do it for money."
www.angelfire.com /pop/breetle/ego.html   (76 words)

  
 Roger L. Simon: Swiftie Traction
It is slowly but surely being revealed that Kerry is a candidate with few, if any, strengths, and lots of weaknesses.
Sure Romney, Pataki, Bloomberg (and, to a lesser extent Guliani) aren't exactly Georgia Republics (or even Georgia Democrats - you go to Zell) but they're a lot better than NY or Mass Democrats.
I'm beginning to wonder if one of the big stories being missed by old media is the fanaticism of the pro-Bush voter (or anti-Kerry voter as the case may be).
www.rogerlsimon.com /mt-archives/2004/08/swiftie_tractio.php   (13865 words)

  
 Moby Dick, Classics Corner Discussion
There is so much about whales, I can see this as a whale history lesson for sure Martin, but you are also right that it has so much more to do with men and their ideas and attitudes to whales and the ocean...and er ah each other...
Chapter 81 is a horrible story that shows some of the worst sides of whaling and whalemen while Chapter 82 is all about the honor of whaling.
It is identity and ego, as opposed to blankness, whiteness, infinity, or transcendence that is the horror.
www.constantreader.com /discussions/mobydick.htm   (19426 words)

  
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That their use may be extensive, I have therefore prepared an edition of the work, in which I have omitted the fables that were gross in tlicir character, and have expurgated from others any lines that were objectionable on account of indelicacy.
This, however, does not break the chain of connection between the stories, nor mar the narrative of the fables introduced.
Juno descends to the infernal re gions, and employe a Fury to de stroy the house of Athamas.
djvued.libs.uga.edu /text/omettxt.txt   (13482 words)

  
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And each week, when the Sebastian res- ident is visited by Jane Capo and her two children, Ann, 7, and Tony, 9, he enjoys the chance to tell them other stories from his life or from the Bible.
Steil had to learn about different types of stains and fading but she was most surprised to learn that much expensive, brand-named cloth- ing is of inferior quality and will bleed or fade where many low- er-priced brands won't.
So she makes sure to warn her customers about how some of their brand-named clothing might weather the dry-cleaning process.
www.sebastianlibrary.com /sun/1998/ss980600.txt   (24272 words)

  
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There is a story about the mother of a great leader who dreamed that her son would become a great benefactor of humanity.
There is a story about a physician in ancient times who treated people of different castes with equal attention, and because of this noble attitude the people wanted to stone him.
You may be sure that We are aware of this struggle, because, just as a gallop-ing horse raises a cloud of dust, the magnet of psychic energy stirs up a whirlpool of chaos.
www.agniyoga.org /ay_txt/ay_supm2.txt   (24297 words)

  
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He revolted here against the yoke he bore; said that his bonds were 'pettie thoughts', wondered with a layman's wonder at his self-forged cage, beat against his love, until ex- hausted with anger and at the climax of passion, a single word from the Master draws him to sainthood again.
We must learn that what men have always hoped is not a makeshift of the human ego, but reality; that God leads us by the hand, and earth is a road to heaven; that our hungering is not in vain, our dreams not the mere wrack of the centuries.
The carcass was being distributed to the poor, and 'Ayishih, wife of the Prophet, came and lamented, because all the meat was being given away.
bahai-library.com /etexts/topost/dawn.mt.hira.essays.gail.txt   (17568 words)

  
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This is also a story of a modern revolution, however, because technology has given us a communications toolkit that allows anyone to become a journalist at little cost and, in theory, with global reach.
Oh, sure, customers had a choice: yes or no. As we'll see in Chapter 11, cable is becoming part of a broadband duopoly that could threaten information choice in the future.
But others will demand--and vendors will surely pro- vide--more nuanced newsreading tools, with the ability to high- light by topic, by writer, by metrics such as how many other people subscribe to a particular blog (its popularity), or by other parameters.
geekdom.net /cc/WeTheMedia.markdown.txt   (14956 words)

  
 [PAGE 1] ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS A GUIDE TO HEALING [ A S T R O - D I A G N O S I S ] [ ] [ A G U
It is essential that he understand the temperament and character of the patient before he can re- ally be sure of his diagnosis of disease.
To find the key to a disease and the reason why a man or woman has become an invalid, whether the disease is organic, and whether the patient has bro- ken the laws of nature, is just as necessary as the diagnosis itself.
It is said, "The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small." The Lords of Destiny have brought this Ego, who caused so many tears to flow in a past life, into the weak body of this little girl, whose mother, fearing childbirth, shed many tears while carrying her.
www.skepticfiles.org /cp002/ros_ad.htm   (18626 words)

  
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While Hubbard's story of this implant may seem outland- ish to some, he advanced it as a factual account of reincarnauoxt "Of all the nasty, mean and vicious implants that have ever been invented, this one is it" he declared during a lecture in the' 1950s.
There is no better illustration of this than the way he secretly controlled the Church of Scientolo- gy while hiding from a world he viewed as increamngly hostile.
Hubbard also made sure Lhat he would not be severed from the riches of his Scientology empire.
www.whyaretheydead.net /misc/Factnet/LATIMES.TXT   (20074 words)

  
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Also on the left side are other interesting factoids, such as the top story a year ago, the best place(s) to go for entertainment over the weekend and the most interesting local quote of the week.
The story of how the synthetic surface finally came about is inter- esting in itself.
Moore, who said he wasn't sure if he was going to participate in the games, said shuffle- board provides some non-threatening competi- tion and socialization in an outdoor setting.
www.sebastianlibrary.com /sun/1997/ss970100.txt   (24347 words)

  
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Sure 'Liar' and 'Sarah' are reasonable songs and 'Where Is The Fire' would give House Of Shakira a run for their money, but alongside the other material they feel somewhat out of place and you just know that you've heard them somewhere before.
The prodution is under the low point of accepting for what was in the waiting from the debuts prodution, the sound on the cd is as you have to turn your stereo to the max to even hear what is being put out of the speakers.
(I'm sure they used to be in Tigertailz ha ha), they did their stuff to a joyous response and drool from us lads.
www.tommy-denander.com /revprisoner.html   (9945 words)

  
 The Coffee Nebula Board Archive: Voyager - Human Error
The top news story teaser for the news was possible info on the next Trek series, not the latest high school shootings and deaths, or the story of a little girl killed by a school bus.
Sure, it can be argued that Seven is a "coward" for not accepting the Doc's offer of surgical correction...
Sure, there were moments where I was quite impressed (Imperfection in particular took a nice effort--though, yes, that was 7th season, not the 4-6th), but not that often that I'd call it the norm.
archive.coffeenebula.com /voyager/717_humanerror.php   (13770 words)

  
 Chicago rich in formidable scribes
Chicago was very much a writer's town in 1951, even if no one obvious giant walked the Loop, and remains a writer's town to this day, though the one indisputable giant of the last five decades, Saul Bellow, died earlier this month.
His stories frequently are set in the slightly ominous Little Village neighborhood of his boyhood, where different ethnic cultures co-exist uneasily and the dark industrial yards that lie just beyond the back fence are like the scary woods in a German fairy tale.
Coming in second to Dybek in the name-recognition game was Hemon, 41, who found himself stuck in Chicago in 1992 when war broke out in his hometown of Sarajevo.
www.suntimes.com /output/books/sho-sunday-writers24.html   (1962 words)

  
 Mark Byron
The other classic from last year was The Register's story of AOL's takeover of a number of major blogs, including Instapundit and USS Clueless.
A good Journalist must cover both sides of the story equally with few exceptions; the environment is one of the few areas where only one side is allowed.
Well not all of it, but it sures to be a growth industry there.
markbyron.blogspot.com /2003_03_30_markbyron_archive.html   (8409 words)

  
 Pave France - The British Need More Parking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Posted by: zoomerx on May 7, 2004 02:25 PM I am not sure Damian if a war can be different than all others.
Posted by: cannon on May 11, 2004 05:27 AM I am sure that the hatred of most Europeans for the American people will outlast the war and George Bush.
But you can be sure it will be the US knocking at Irak's door first when things settle down just like they're doing with Libya.
www.pavefrance.com /blog/archives/000768.html   (3859 words)

  
 The Professional Skier, The Official Publication of the Professional Ski Instructors of America, 1993
Furthermore, be sure to get feedback from your trainer(s) early in the prepara- tion process.
Granted, some of this is because of the more complicated society in which we live today, the increased pres- sures upon us from all directions: finan- cial, legal, political, professional, and FALL 92 personal.
Don't hesitate to incorporate any special tricks of the trade that you feel are of merit; be sure, however, that you are able to explain how and why your trick works.
www.lib.utah.edu /epubs/accn425/bx11/fd13/001.html   (19615 words)

  
 The Democratic Party
The Sunday shows are sure trying to cover up the depth of disgust the intelligence community has for the president over the Plame leak.
Bush was surely not scared off by Gonzales critics on the right (who find him soft on abortion) or left (who find him soft on the Geneva Conventions).
When the prosecutor tells his story, don't expect him to accept Rove's currently uncontested claim that he does not recall who told him that Wilson's wife was a CIA agent and don't expect the "old news" spin to work.
www.democrats.org /a/2005/07/weekly_radio_ad.php   (6993 words)

  
 Marilyn Levine Oral History Interview Conducted by Glenn Adamson for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian ...
I’m not sure what date it was, but there wasn’t snow on the ground, I remember.
I’m not quite sure of the history, really, but she was not a full-fledged official potter at the time or anything, by any means.
It was at that point I realized what you could say with a pair of boots, you know; that the whole story, that whole sense of elapsed time, that they’ve been through something and that -- and this person, you know, whoever had belonged to them, was not there now.
www.aaa.si.edu /collections/oralhistories/transcripts/levine02.htm   (19363 words)

  
 FictionPress.Com Story : Whisperings of a Phoenix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
She smiled and returned the gesture, handing him a small bit more bread than the others, and a bit more wine than she should have, less watered down than was recommended by the elders for the working youths in the upper fields.
"Make sures Cyrio gets some, yeah?" He smiled radiantly as he spotted the blush on her cheeks, not entirely attributed to the cold wind blowing from the East that was whipping her skirts through the muddy mess of the ground.
Naoise turned towards the town, and surveyed it slowly; everyone was dead, he suddenly realized, or someone would have been out to make sure they were safe.
www.fictionpress.com /read.php?storyid=1891395   (4233 words)

  
 NoodleFood: March 2005
Rand didn't simply explain her perspective; her stories showed us her characters' love for their work; it was exciting to read about how they strove with zeal, using their minds, independent judgment, integrity and strength to produce railroads, oil wells and steel mills.
Never believe a story that begins: "Let me tell you something which really, truly, happened to a friend of a friend." It will almost certainly be an urban myth.
And yet there is something irresistible about such stories, because there is always just that faint possibility that they might contain a seedling of truth.
www.dianahsieh.com /blog/2005_03_01_monthly.html   (8682 words)

  
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This issue includes several cover stories on consumerism as "New time religion" (shades of commodity fetishism!), and Kono Matsu on "The demarketing of North America." Subscriptions are $16/4 issues.
From the advertisement headlined "Free condoms" to the serialized "true story" of the life of "Jason" (a teenage rent boy working the streets of London) to the free classified ads at the end, this mag is worth every penny of its cover price of œ1.40 for kids of any age - 1 to 99.
Issue #2 includes a cover story on "Revolution girl style now," and includes a story announcing "Catharine A. MacKinnon to represent Croatian, Muslim wartime rape survivors." An essential magazine on the feminist movements, showing both their strengths and weaknesses.
www.spunk.org /library/pubs/ajoda/36/sp001376.txt   (7762 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Every Breath You Take : A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder: Books: Ann Rule   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
She researches true ghost stories and presents them to you along with her research.
Rule generally is able to weave an excellent story between vast research and hard facts, but here she seems to have gotten lost in the details.
While an index and flowcharts connecting the various actors in the story would have been helpful, the book chronicles the behavior patterns of a an exceedingly destructive alcoholic in great detail.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743202961?v=glance   (3956 words)

  
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The New Age movement was revitalized by the public awareness and acceptance of the Harmonic Convergence in 1987.
And it is not just irony, but rather perfect, that the symmetry of the heart's PHIring is the test and pilot light to accomplishing the construction of such an attractor.
The writings on American based websites however, were shut down and made inaccessible to the public on 23 May 2001 by the United States District Court, Western District of New York, as a result of a controversy regarding the generation of letter form shadows of a number of different alphabets.
poetpiet.tripod.com /2002/DanWinter.htm   (19037 words)

  
 Joe Ross / CD Reviews Archive #2
Some more blues comes next with "It Never Rain But It Pours." A ballad for her father is the subject of "The Time That We're Given." The album's title cut, "Over Our Heads" has a bluegrass feel that begs for a little banjo in the mix.
Wayne Erbsen's "Rural Roots of Bluegrass" digs a hole deep in the bluegrass meadow to touch upon the songs, stories and history of the music in an informal and relaxed manner.
Canadian Jen Kraatz's second album, "Ashes" is a poetic followup to her 1998 release, "Trudge" which reinforces her signature eclectic sound that draws influence from blues, folk, jazz, and soul music.
rhof.blackmill.net /tod/joeross3.html   (16997 words)

  
 Amazon.com: And the Sea Will Tell: Books: Vincent Bugliosi,Bruce Henderson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
We are given only one side of the story and that isn't even that of one of the involved parties but rather Bugliosi's "Fish Tale" that he spun to the jury to reel them into his client's acquittal.
Had Bugliosi trimmed down his role in the events, and his need to write a novel like a legal treatise on how wonderful he is, it not only could have been half the size but more about the events.
Bugliosi's obvious reasoning for this line of argument was -- It had been Buck, alone, who killed the Grahams, and had made up from whole cloth the story about the Grahams going fishing the day of their disappearance, and had also fabricated the Grahams' "dinner invitation" as well.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0804109176?v=glance   (3628 words)

  
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We are not aware upon what principle it is that the government is call- ed on to take cognizance of a claim founded on a mere breach of contract for land, between a citizen of the United States and the Republic of Mexico.
We are quite sure that our government has never listened to any claim of this sort against any other power; and we should think it well enough to take care that it do not set an awkward precedent against itself in this matter.
Let us now hear the story of another contemporary writer On the 28th July, Paris was in effect declared in a state of siege, the Duke of Ragusa having been virtually invested with military dictatorship.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ndlpcoop/nicmoas/amwh/amwh0005.sgm   (16960 words)

  
 Dear TOsalsa! History of Salsa / Dance Style Discussion
First, I'm quite sure I know a great deal less about the histories of our music (or music in general for that matter) than most of those writers do.
I was resented and opposed in an environment of inflated egos and misguided traditionalists.
They created the story that mambo was created in Havana by Israel "Lopez" Cachao, now see the Haitian influences and musical influence to Haiti.
www.tosalsa.com /DearTOsalsa/history_of_salsa.htm   (13947 words)

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