One such man is the libertine Valentine Askal, who plans on the seduction of Hannah Camelion.

Even before the time of Death Metal's emergence, Combatron has lost his first dog sidekick, Askal, to a villain called Diaconda.

Knowing that his pursuers were coming to Earth, the dying Omnicronian gave Empoy his armor and the robot dog in his employ, named Askal (Asong Mekanikal).

The girls starred in the music video for "Askal", sang by Jose Manalo & Wally Bayola, and the song entry for the second Philippine Popular Music Festival.

Kabang (Visayan for "Spotty") is a shepherd mix Askal from Zamboanga City, Philippines, who became famous internationally and was described as a "hero dog" when she rescued two children from a potentially fatal motorcycle crash.

PAWS encourages the use of the term "Aspin" (Asong Pinoy) and "Puspin" (Pusang Pinoy) instead of "Askal" and "Pusakal", because it showed that native dogs were just as cute, intelligent and as loyal as their purebred counterparts.

Baptised as Askala Maryam ("Askal of Mary," a type of flower), but using the given name Zewditu, the future Empress was the eldest daughter of the then Negus (or King) Menelik of Shewa, the future emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia.

Aspin looked like a sound choice to manage this change.

Aspin, 54, had been chair of the House armed services committee for seven years.

Les Aspin had studied all his life for the job.

Les Aspin was the first of our crowd to die.

As it turned out, Aspin faced difficulties from the beginning.

The engine was given to Aspin to make of it what he could, at his own expense.

More than most people, Aspin lived for his work.

Secretary Aspin's speech is a step toward more reasoned debate.

A13 Aspin encountered a flurry of activity as he took office.

Aspin served as an adviser to Clinton on defense matters during the 1992 presidential campaign.

Mr. Aspin took the heat for some of the consequences.

Mr. Aspin said that was a goal of the new rules.

Aspin's departure from office early in 1994 left further decisions on the Defense budget to his successor.

Mr. Aspin's group is scheduled to report in a year.

During that phase, Aspin seemed to have doped things out pretty well.

This, in a nutshell, is the problem that Aspin never did solve.

Mr. Aspin said at the time that cost growth in the program was "an area of concern."

Because of his leadership position in the House, Aspin's views on defense issues were well known.

Mr. Aspin said his office had been flooded with telephone calls.

Aspin spoke to the engine room, asking for maximum revolutions.

Clinton apparently agreed to them—acknowledging, according to Aspin, that the congressman knew more than he did about the defense talent pool.

Mr. Aspin had a history of problems with his circulatory system.

The travelers reached the river as that second major moon rose, setting their shadows aspin.

"Aspin would worry a problem from a thousand different angles and never make a decision," a former Pentagon official said.

Mr. Aspin did not specify how the savings should be spent.