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...best expressed through such naturalistic songs as "We Learned the Sea" and "Calling the Moon," both of which feature haunting melodies and lyrics that invite the listener to walk under the night sky. As might be expected from someone who began her career on the Boston-Cambridge open-mike circuit, Williams also uses her voice for protest as well as for emotional expression, as in the tune "I Had No Right," which tells the story of '60s anti-war radicals Daniel and Philip Berrigan. But perhaps the overriding theme on this album is one of renewal. In "Spring Street" Williams...

Author: By Krisa Benskin, | Title: Dar Williams; The Green World (BMG/Razor and Tie) | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

...artsy indie flick. And while Diana's high school friends don't exactly look as saccharine as the Clueless chicks, Girlfight's youthful cast and plot often veer into teenybopper territory. Ultimately, however, Diana trades her sassy catfights for the more sophisticated gender-blind featherweight boxing circuit. Her subsequent struggle to be accepted by both the all-male boxing club and by her own father allows the film an emotional depth that strikes a chord with viewers who graduated long before high school involved metal detectors...

Author: By Carlene Macmillan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Girlfight: Gender-Blind Boxing | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

...took Pac Bell a month to dispatch a technician to my house to install the necessary modem and software. It also mailed me three extra modems, presumably in case the first one failed. My real problem was with the circuit they were building at the other end, for which four promised deadlines came and went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life In DSL Hell | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

Gyorffy spent the summer competing on the European track circuit, which pitted her against many of the same athletes she saw at the Olympics. According to Turner, she finished as high as fourth and consistently in sixth or seventh place in meets from Portugal to Norway. She also won the Hungarian national championships...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Gyorffy Comes Up Short at Sydney Olympic Games | 9/29/2000 | See Source »

Although U.S. District Judge Marylin H. Patel issued a preliminary injunction on July 27 that would have effectively shut the service down, the injunction was swiftly overturned without comment by the ninth circuit court of appeals...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Mulls Ban on Napster Usage | 9/20/2000 | See Source »

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