Word: comebacking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lower-volume set brings, and Seal1s voice, charismatic and craggy, revealed new depths in the low-key format, especially on his climactic rendition of 'Don1t Cry.'" Seal's show was not only a high point in his career and for Unplugged, it was also noteworthy for marking the comeback of folk sounds in pop. The musically eclectic Seal managed to draw from disparate strains of pop and weave them into a single folksy tapestry. Born in London to Nigerian parents, Seal admits that he began singing so his 3distant2 father would notice him. With his Unplugged show, Seal should...
These speculations gain currency almost daily as Yeltsin reaches for ever more apocalyptic "red scare" metaphors. When the President says, "I cannot let the forces of the past come to power; I will resist their comeback in every way," his aides nod in agreement. "I know what it would mean for your Western view of democracy," says Georgi Satarov, a top Yeltsin aide. "But if there were a chance that Hitler would come to power in America by winning an election, wouldn't you be wondering if it wasn't right to stop that...
RETIRING. EARVIN ("MAGIC") JOHNSON, 36, Lakers basketball star; for the third time as a player, after a disappointing and controversial comeback season; in Los Angeles. His agent said the celebrated HIV-positive player's decision was not health related...
Aside from the peace of mind Mathews' research has brought me, I don't want to overemphasize its impact. This is, after all, an election between a candidate who has described himself as the comeback kid and a candidate who has described himself as someone who has always had to do everything the hard way. Neither is likely to let a small height disadvantage stop...
...NUTTY PROFESSOR (June 28). How has morphing devolved in the five years since it was displayed in Terminator 2? Into comedy, of course. Because of it, Eddie Murphy's 67th comeback film may actually be a hit. In this remake of Jerry Lewis' 1963 Jekyll-Hyde comedy, Eddie is a pleasant, grossly fat scholar whose thin evil twin is, it seems, Eddie Murphy. Anyway, it looks funny. Murphy often does when he disappears into a character instead of strutting...