Word: classics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...classic example of Crimson misdirection, and it made Coyne, the defending Ivy League Player of the Year, look positively silly...
...classic example of Crimson misdirection, and it made Coyne, the defending Ivy League Player of the Year, look positively silly...
...followed by hints that the three U.S. Army pows he had would be freed if NATO agreed to an Easter bombing halt. NATO ruled out any suspension, and former Cypriot President Spyros Kyprianou, who flew to Belgrade to win the G.I.s' release, came home empty handed. In a classic example of wartime double-talk, Yugoslav government officials declared that "peace has been restored in Kosovo." Milosevic claimed to be "negotiating" for the Kosovars' safe return to their homes with ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova--a man who State Department officials believe is under house arrest...
Those are just the movie references. The Wachowskis, both dropouts from good colleges (Larry from Bard, Andy from Emerson), want to weld classic lit, hallucinogenic imagery and a wild world of philosophical surmises to pop culture. The Bible meets Batman; Lewis Carroll collides with William Gibson; Greek and geek mythology bump and run. Hell, you may find string theory in The Matrix...
...those who judge a CD by its looks, beware. Under its shoddy cover, Best of Planet Groove is surprisingly pleasant and worthy for music listeners of all levels. Beginners will taste a range of classic hip hop, ballad and R&B tunes of '97 while experts may feel nostalgic as they listen to the music that initially lured them to this genre of mesmerizing vocals and rhythms. The selection is both random and diverse, including pieces such as the extremely slow and dangerously sexy "Be Careful" by R. Kelly and upbeat yet sensuous "It's All About...