Word: righting
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...When Greenberg presented the idea, group leader Isiah Taylor, 50, rejected it. He thought the song was too Caribbean for the American charts. He was probably right. The original version was a soca (soulful calypso), a horn-heavy, uptempo form that is played at Caribbean carnivals across the U.S. every summer but has never really caught on. When Baha Men finally recorded "Dogs," they explored beats more familiar to American audiences - throwing in some junkanoo (Bahamian festival music) percussion to give it their signature flair. The result is the catchy rendition you've heard so often: urban, with an echo...
...Will the coyotes survive, the farm be freed from its toxic crop, the insects be allowed to regulate their own population balances? Did God make little green organic apples? Kingsolver doesn't bother much with suspense in unfolding these matters; right thinking may seldom triumph in the real world, but it's her novel and she'll run it the way she sees fit. Her heroines are genuinely interesting, however, even when they're patiently teaching lessons to the benighted, and the author sometimes pokes a little gentle fun at their high-mindedness. When Deanna laboriously captures a moth...
...right with the baseball world. The Mets have assumed their rightful place of honor as kings of the National League...
Whether we're ready for this is another story. One thing IS certain: If the Truster is right about George Bush and he still gets elected, you will have heard it here first...
...Bush's "Top 10 Reasons Why I Won the Debate," Karen had a handful of ideas: "Number 10: The mikes were off. Number 9: There are laws against stalking. Number 8: I finally figured out the difference between East Timorians and West Texians. And Number 1: Strategery." That's right: "strategery". (For those who missed it, "strategery" - pronounced "stra-tee-jury" - is the word "Bush" used in recent "Saturday Night Live" skit...