Word: brutalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...performer Goldie helped bring some rhythm back into rock. His brilliant 1995 album, Timeless, was instrumental in founding the genre of drum 'n' bass--pulsating, mostly danceable music driven by clubland bass grooves and propulsive percussion. Today's rock 'n' rollers are reveling in the groove, from Prodigy's brutal electro-punk, across the musical galaxy to the ska-rock band Smash Mouth's upbeat remake of War's Why Can't We Be Friends? Goldie wasn't the only influence, of course, but the sea change has been profound: if you listen to Yield, the grandfatherly new album...
...brutal nature of Cousin's alleged crime, Jordan argues, called for the ultimate punishment. "It was an armed robbery," he says. "He pulled the gun prior to the robbery. He shot Mike in the face. Then he held him up to pick his pockets. Mike Gerardi was just another bag of bones. Shareef Cousin didn't care if Mike was dead or alive. A jury of 12 citizens looked at this crime. The jury spoke...
...more immediate danger is of a brutal bloodbath in Kosovo. Since 1991, when Milosevic cracked down in the province, some 200 ethnic Albanians have died. Now the Serb death toll is rising in step. On both sides, even the most devoted seekers of peace--and there are fewer and fewer of them--see little chance of avoiding a war. In Vojnik, where Bahri is home from the hospital and recovering from his leg wound, the villagers are already there. "The Serb authorities have lost control," says hoxha Abdyl Krasniqi. "But you can't say we are liberated...
Morrison traces the genesis of this brutal act back to the 1870s, when nine African-American patriarchs, ex-slaves in Mississippi and Louisiana, joined together, gathered their wives and children, picking up a few strays in the process, and headed west to settle in the Oklahoma Territory. Eventually, arduously, they reach a town called Fairly, where their spokesmen appeal to the local citizens, blacks like them except with lighter skin, for permission to settle there. The Fairly leaders say no ("Come Prepared or Not at All"). This rejection will reverberate through the next hundred years of the outcasts' collective memory...
McManama cited the first period, when St. Lawrence grabbed a 4-1 lead, as brutal...