Article: Tortoises are shell on earth for Gill.(Features)

Article: This Week's Album Releases: Tortoise Standards Warp
The Independent - London;  February 16, 2001 ;     438 words ... ... hum is "Blackjack", a sort of over-busy soundtrack exercise. Otherwise, the general tone remains the same as previous Tortoise releases, a joyless blend of Caravan's hermetic meanderings and the most indigestible of Zappa's clever-dick excursions ...

Article: Mortality tortoises gain on the hares. (Mortality ...
National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  August 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... traditional information sources. Stacy Gill, a vice president at the MIB Group Inc ... or state of residence can be difficult, Gill says. "There aren't standard industry statistics for geographical differences," Gill says. When life insurers, life reinsurers ...

Article: LET'S ALL DO THE HOP; Giant tortoises, Creole curry and a ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... bathroom, strolling along the beach steps away from our bedroom and eating beautifully prepared fish until we practically grew gills. With the capricious tropical weather - torrential rain occasionally interrupting brilliant sunshine - we retired to the summerhouse ...

Article: Stonehill's Gill runs through barriers.(Sports)
The Boston Herald;  October 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... The 5-foot-9, 140-pound Gill was an All-Scholastic at Brockton ... Stonehill coach Karen Boen held Gill back from competition in his ... aid the healing process. That tortoise approach led to a successful indoor track season in which Gill was named Northeast-10 Freshman ...

Article: Lord Archer Trial: Peer did not look at former friend; ...
The Mirror (London, England);  May 31, 2001 ;     612 words ...Byline: GILL SWAIN HIS nod was brief and gracious in reply to the prosecutor's request ... he looked quite relaxed except for his peaky mouth clamped shut like a tortoise and a muscle which twitched in his right cheek. He had arrived at the ...

Article: The Pro Series. (The Choice of Pro Players: What do Toto, Pink ...
Music Trades;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... pearl pickguard. Grammy winner and top country performer Vince Gill uses a custom EMG setup both in the studio and on stage. Better ... VG20, this unit includes a set of S pickups mounted on a tortoise shell pickgaard. The standard tone control knob is replaced ...

Article: Album Reviews: Watercolour blues Andy Gill's round-up
The Independent - London;  March 13, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... pop - now there's a genre to ponder. TORTOISE TNT (City Slang 08705-2) 25 years ... indictable offence in rock'n'roll, Tortoise have the misplaced chutzpah to start ... Then again, it's a mistake to call Tortoise a rock'n'roll band - the chances ...