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...modulation and moderation. Instead of barreling through his songs like there's no tomorrow, he should vary the force with which he punches into each tune. He certainly is capable of variation, as he proves in his first album, where the soulful ballads are balanced by funky tracks and all-out rock grooves. His second effort, Wander this World, is an unsteady foray into the mainstream. Even that word mainstream connotes a Spam product which inevitably sullies the unique with the base. This shift in focus is what was displayed at the live show. Instead of savoring each sound...

Author: By Judy P. Tsai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HERE'S JONNY! | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...begun to look like another Mobutu: paranoid and willing to use ethnic violence to maintain his rule. The idea terrified the Rwandans, who encouraged a faction of the Congolese army to oust Kabila. In response, Kabila recruited thousands of Rwandan Hutu fighters. By last September, the country was in an all-out civil war. Says a U.S. official: "The threat of more genocide is what is behind this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bleeding Heart of Africa | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...playing Hamilton's brand of basketball--tenacious defense and all-out energy and hustle--and by improving each season, James has led the Hurricanes to a remarkable swing in his four years...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: El Perez-idente!: Hurricanes Ready for Storm | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

...playing Hamilton's brand of basket-ball-tenacious defense and all-out energy and hustle-and by improving each season, James has led the Hurricanes to a remarkable swing in his four years...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, | Title: Hurricanes Ready For Storm | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

...nuclear disaster, may have impressed the two traditional enemies to reassess how they deal with each other. "The biggest fear on the subcontinent," says McAllister, "has always been the hair-trigger nature of the enmity between India and Pakistan: The smallest slight always held the potential to escalate into all-out war." Now, he says, the two countries seem to have "loosened the rope of their relationship a bit"---and thus given themselves, and the rest of the world, more time to think before reacting to unexpected events...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India and Pakistan: Let's Talk for a Change | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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