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Even at 8 in the morning, Austin, Texas, is as hot and sticky as a locker room. I am on the hotel patio, waiting for the lineup for tonight's semifinal bouts to be posted, wondering how long we can stay in the saddle of this bucking bronco called Slam. "We" are the Los Angeles team--Thea Iberall, Poetri (yes, his name is Poetri), Jerry Quickley and I--four poets, linked by a love of words and a passion for competition. We are in Austin to sling verse and reap scores in the ninth--and largest--National Poetry Slam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Not Just What You Say, It's How You Say It | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

Hill is part of a new wave. The late '90s has seen the rise of a different kind of hip-hop star, a performer with global appeal who is finding success beyond hip-hop. As S. Craig Watkins, a sociologist at the University of Texas, Austin, who has written about hip-hop and black films, notes, "The interest generated by hip-hop culture has cleared the way for more black people to express themselves in other areas of pop culture." All three Fugees have recorded solo albums. Wyclef's went platinum, and Pras' forthcoming CD, Ghetto Supastar, has generated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Songs In The Key Of Lauryn Hill | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

...successfully, most notably Children of the Korn, in which rapper Ice Cube makes an engaging appearance. And the band's goofy audacity and Zeitgeist-savvy sense of humor are, at points, captivating. It's hard to completely dislike a CD that makes references to both the Waco disaster and Austin Powers' chest hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Follow The Leader | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

...Occult). These offerings may seem emblematic of cable, but if you think they represent its most popular shows, you are very wrong. Cable TV's true signature is not a conversation between Larry King and Trent Lott; it is a Hell in a Cell bout between Stone Cold Steve Austin and his archrival Kane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Lords Of The Ring | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

Tied for second with 1.8 million visitors were the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Michigan. The University of Washington and the University of Texas at Austin were tied for fourth with 1.3 million visitors...

Author: By Gregory S. Krauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Web Site Ranks Sixth | 6/26/1998 | See Source »

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