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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...show us a more sophisticated Alanis, but it was an iffy album--many of the songs were just stream-of-consciousness rambling without the radio-friendly melodies of Pill. Alanis' voice simply isn't strong enough to carry us through five minutes of "These Are My Thoughts," the actual title of one of the new songs. Stronger efforts include the versions of "Ironic" (with a completely reinvented melody), the orchestral "You Oughta Know," the fantastic "Uninvited" and the simply beautiful "No Pressure Over Cappucino," which has the fascinating chorus, "And you're like a '90s Jesus...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Album Review: Unplugged by Alanis Morrisette | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...addition, should the measure pass, the city's legal team will work to draft an actual ordinance, saving EFZ both money and effort...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Motley Crew: Grassroots Group Fights for Tenants | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

...fact, all the leading software packages are mature products. You won't go wrong with any of them for basic chores, and the frills are only as seductive as their actual usefulness to you. Consider what you have and whether it's worth plunking down more cash for another shrink-wrapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1999 Technology Buyer's Guide: Get the Right Tool for the Job | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Every Harvard student should probably take a minute now and then to remember that this is not normal; that we live in a bubble of special treatment that encompasses most of the country's good colleges and an always shockingly small percentage of its actual citizens. Final club members should take a lot of minutes, whenever possible, to enforce this reality check. One of the most unnerving aspects of the clubs is their potential for loss of perspective. It is so frighteningly easy to lose sight of the absurdity of a bunch of 20-year-old guys renting out Boston...

Author: By Jody H. Peltason, | Title: To the Punch Class of 1999: Just Try To Maintain Some Perspective | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...Pokemon creatures--Gengar, Cubone and Chansey, for example. The first is a ghostly purple ball with a devilishly cute smile, horns to match and a crocodile spine. The second is a sort of bear cub with a skull over its head--or is the whole thing its actual head? The third is a vaguely dinosauric pinkish cloud. Their equally bizarre compatriots range in height from a foot (that would be a Pidgey) to 28 ft. (that's an Onix) and in weight from 2 lbs. (Diglett) to 1,914 lbs. (Snorlax). Their fighting skills are as feral as ramming (that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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