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...clips follow the format he perfected in his epic 1983 video Thriller: a single dancer out front, with a phalanx of dancers in the rear echoing his steps. Still, Landon, Henson and Robinson have all conjured up moments of vibrant originality. Henson's work tends to be punchy and blunt, Landon's playfully carnal, Robinson's fluidly urban. In the video (You Drive Me) Crazy, Henson has a captivating phrase in which Spears rotates on a chair, her legs splayed, projecting both sensuality and repose. Fatima's choreography for Aaliyah's Try Again ends with the R.-and-B. diva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: All The Right Moves | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...Gore's biggest score, though, has been to blunt Bush's promise to "restore honor and dignity to the White House" by making it seem that he's just as good a guy as George W. - well, maybe not as likable, but just as monogamous. Now Bush finds himself in hand-to-hand combat on Gore's wonky turf, and issues have not been his best weapons. For this year's voters, Bush's tax cut seems too big and his Social Security privatization seems too bold. Bush is selling change and Gore is selling incumbency, and now that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tighten Your Saddles! Now It's a Horse Race | 8/29/2000 | See Source »

...Something About Mary). Along the way, there's a sexy duet with hip-hop soul singer Mary J. Blige (911) and a nostalgic, rap-infused cover of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. The CD's most striking song, however, may be its first, Where Fugee At, a blunt call for Wyclef's bandmates to come back together: "Lauryn, if you're listening/Pras, if you're listening/Give me a call I'm in the lab in the Booga Basement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Wyclef's World | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

CAMPAIGN FINANCE He slammed Clinton and Gore for their White House coffees and "the fund-raising madness of the 1996 election." Both parties, he said, "hung a giant FOR SALE sign on our government." Some Democrats who agreed with his support for reform wished he weren't so blunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democratic Convention: How Much Chutzpah Do They Have? | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

BUSH: Yes, I'm more like my mom sometimes. I'm quick with a quip. Dad gives me advice when I ask him for it, my mom when I don't. She can be blunt, like me. She says what she wants. My dad's always gracious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Convention: George Bush: My Heritage Is Part of Who I Am | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

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