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...bravado dissolves, and she starts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'til Death Do Us Part | 1/18/1993 | See Source »

...Mogadishu just as armed thugs were returning to the streets. "I doubt if any American President has ever visited a nation in such turmoil and such a state of anarchy," said Colonel Fred Peck, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition. Bush waved off the threat with characteristic thumbs-up bravado, stating improbably, "It's perfectly safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Curious George | 1/11/1993 | See Source »

...MUSICIANS AT THEIR BEST USE THEIR ART TO create a hyperspace of rhythm and verbal bravado, where anarchy reigns at times and society's downtrodden rise up. Savvy listeners understand that rap is simply dramatic musical theater, not a call to violence. Unfortunately, after rapper Ice Cube's concert in Seattle, hundreds of fans ignored the difference. During the concert the fire- breathing Cube whipped up the audience with raps describing racism, police violence and gunplay. As the show ended and the crowd of 1,400 streamed into the street, isolated fistfighting erupted into a general melee. At least five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trigger Happy | 1/11/1993 | See Source »

...most recent musical venture into the exploration of the sexual, Prince attempts to take us for a joyride and succeeds minimally. His latest offering lacks Prince's usual creativity and comes across as immature sexual bravado...

Author: By Danielle A. Phillip, | Title: Princely Smut | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

...unrestrained egotism, Princeexpects useless sexual bravado to suffice astracks. In the verse "Close your eyes and count 2ten and when u open 'em/ I'll be standing nakedwith nothing but a smile on..." from "Blue Light,"the disk's sixth song, Prince fails to tantalizeus, instead conjuring a horrific image of himselffor anyone who has seen the cover ofLovesexy...

Author: By Danielle A. Phillip, | Title: Princely Smut | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

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