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...second disc of She Who Dwells ... features a pristinely recorded live show that has all the O'Connor hits, including a gorgeous string arrangement of Nothing Compares 2 U. But it's the first disc--full of unreleased tracks, covers and a few new songs--that's the revelation. O'Connor has never sounded like a little girl, but she manages innocence on Love Hurts, while her version of the Abba powder puff Chiquitita raises the song to something approaching beauty. O'Connor has said that She Who Dwells ... will be her last album, but then O'Connor says...
GOOD THING String dispenser
...secrecy surrounding Chinese astronauts may be due to the country's less-than-stellar space record so far. In the past the government announced test launches of Shenzhou spacecraft only after they returned, saving itself the embarrassment of having to explain failures. China's satellite-launch program suffered a string of disastrous explosions and aborted launches in the mid-1990s. Although all four unmanned Shenzhou craft have returned from orbit since the first test in 1999, not all were mission-accomplished. The Shenzhou II is widely believed to have suffered damage from a hard landing during a blizzard...
...result of this string of injuries to the goalies, Crimson coach John Kerr has called up freshman Jim Treadway—who had been trying out for the junior varsity squad as recently as Wednesday—to the varsity. But Treadway was unable to make it to the Hartford game because he has still not been cleared for varsity play by the NCAA...
...Connor's fidelity to each note becomes a form of quiet desperation. Like her old buddy Frank Sinatra, she makes songs great without appearing to try. The second disc of She Who Dwells ... features a pristinely recorded live show that has all the O'Connor hits, including a gorgeous string arrangement of Nothing Compares 2 U. But it's the first disc - full of unreleased tracks, covers and a few new songs - that's the revelation. O'Connor has never sounded like a little girl, but she manages innocence on Love Hurts, while her version of the Abba powder-puff...