Word: 90s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Listening to Rainbow, Mariah Carey's seventh album, it's clear that the best reason to rock this New Year's will be to celebrate the end of the Mariah decade. Her record sales throughout the '90s have grown to rival those of Elvis and the Beatles, and to many ears the Mariah sound has grown indistinguishable from the endless cosmetics aisles and multiplexes of our postmodern world. But there's no pot of gold at the end of Rainbow. The album strips that sound down to its purest form, cleverly obfuscating Mariah's predictably smarmy lyrics with sonorous mumblings...
...Genesis, coincidentally another group of rockers celebrating their 30th anniversary, features the eclectic musicians (mainly featuring Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford) from the '70s, '80s and '90s, but where Led Zeppelin could be considered power rock, Genesis is best categorized as power pop. On Turn it On Again, the band appears in all its past glory, selecting its best outings from nine studio albums spanning 25 years...
...white movies and eating dinner from a pre-1950s menu. The anachronistic evening fits the disposition of Britons, most of whom plan to stay home on New Year's Eve, according to a survey of 100,000 by the department store Selfridges. "It reflects the mood of the '90s," says Selfridges marketing manager Nicola Lloyd. "People don't need to go mad. They just want a night to remember with family and friends...
...rooms (and frequently to confusing effect), yet it's clear who she thinks won the struggle for the soul of that art. Despite a token gallery or two thrown in at the end of the show that seem little more than a grab bag of hot names in the '90s, the real finale to the Whitney's survey comes just before these rooms...
Precertification has been used extensively in the '90s by managed-care companies to control costs. It seemed like a good idea at the time. In theory, having doctors justify their decisions would make them sensitive to the costs of care. But in practice the system evolved into an expensive bureaucracy. When United reviewed its precertification program, it found that it cost the company $100 million a year--and still United was approving 99.1% of all decisions...