Word: breakthroughs
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Like so many championship clubs, the 2002 team had prevailed and then parted, leaving only a few contributors behind to begin again. The result was a kamikaze club of fearless first-timers and breakthrough veterans, charging at the title with a brash confidence uniquely...
...churning out new records stuck in Oasis' mid-'90s towering guitar rut - Blur has been quietly growing, developing its sound and self-confidence. And with Think Tank, the band has produced its most mature and accomplished album to date - with or without its resident guitar slinger. Despite the new breakthrough, Albarn says, "I don't mind if I'm still called Britpop. We are British and we are popular. It's actually quite an apt description." The band had recently pursued side-projects, notably Albarn's virtual dub band Gorillaz, which sold 5 million albums and allowed him to collaborate...
...figure out nutrition before the dietitians do") and got a recent validation when short-term studies showed a lack of negative effects from the diet. (A long-term study is in the works.) Atkins never wavered from his insistence that his low-carb approach was the dieter's "magic breakthrough." --By Harriet Barovick...
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW. Justin Lin’s complex, exhilarating breakthrough film features an all Asian-American cast and packs some real punch. Four high school overachievers inevitably bound for prestigious Ivy League universities turn to cheating, drugs and crime to escape the terrible ennui of their privileged suburban lives. Critic Roger Ebert stood up on a chair at the Sundance Film Festival to defend Lin’s portrayal of Asian-Americans. See full story in the April 11 issue. Better Luck Tomorrow screens...
...week later, Schaffer says, he had a creative breakthrough. While working on a painting, he suddenly drew a line in the middle of the canvas. Until that point, the right-handed Schaffer had been painting on the right side of the canvas, with his right hand. Mid-painting, he switched to his left hand and began forming bizarre images of faces, people and animals. He has not painted with his right hand since...