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...video should also give the singer a boost. The lush clip, inspired by the movie The Color Purple (one scene takes place in a jook joint), is receiving heavy play on Black Entertainment Television, and Badu, in her distinctive head wrap, cuts a sleek, striking figure. Badu hopes that she can help change what she calls the "monotonous" nature of contemporary R. and B. "I want to be the midwife to a new sound," she says. Baduizm is a gentle but firm slap that may bring neo-soul to robust life...
...classroom trailers handle the student overflow at local public schools in a testament to the hectic growth of the area.) The East Coast headquarters of Cisco Systems, planning to boost its work force from 550 employees to 2,000 in the near future, is hiring at an even faster clip than company plants in Silicon Valley. "We chose North Carolina for a number of reasons," says Cliff Meltzer, who runs Cisco's Research Triangle facility. "But none was more important than the region's ability to produce and attract well-educated and qualified workers...
Like a bored cross-country driver scanning the radio for one good song, the American music industry is searching for a fresh new musical trend. The $12 billion business, which had been growing at a 10%-to-12% annual clip in recent years, has expanded only 2% so far in 1996, a development that falls somewhere between a worrisome lull and a full-blown slump...
...Trier has always prided itself on its enlightened policy toward drug infractions. Some schools, such as nearby Glenbrook High, will permanently expel a student for merely having a roach clip. At New Trier, a student found for the first time under the influence of drugs or alcohol is suspended for five days, but four of those days are placed "in abeyance" if the student and his or her parents agree to go through a substance-abuse program together...
That team finished second in the country in three-pointers per game, 17th in scoring, and 15th in scoring margin, but thus far in the season, the Crimson is only at a 25 percent three-point clip and has lost two games although only by a total of three points...