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...mainstream” and “underground” artists, according to Gab, the scene has gotten to the point where “anyone selling less than 10,000 records calls themselves underground,” regardless of their values and the messages they convey. This stereotype has been changing recently, as artists such as Outkast, Cee-Lo Green and Kanye West prove that it is possible to succeed commercially and still please demanding underground critics...
...This is a message we will continue to convey in meetings with the Chinese, whether or not the formal U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue resumes,” he said...
...Texas inspired General Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid) to lead 910 pioneers in the Battle of San Jacinto against General Santa Anna’s army with the famous battle cry, “Remember the Alamo.” A larger budget and more violence could have helped better convey the epic scope of these battles, but, in contrast with previous portrayals, are determined to create realistic heroes, warts and all. The best performance is Thornton’s, who, as the charismatic Davy Crockett, superably demonstrates the pressure of a good man struggling to live up to his great...
...stayed focused on the election and thought about how I could best convey to our membership why I should be in this position,” he said. “It was hard to run against him but there is still a lot of love and respect between...
DIED. JOSEPH ZIMMERMANN, 92, answering-machine inventor; in Brookfield, Wis. In 1948, when this U.S. Army Signal Corps veteran and enterprising engineer couldn't afford a secretary, he rigged up an 80-lb. contraption that used a lever to lift a phone receiver, a 78-r.p.m. record player to convey a personalized greeting, and a wire recorder to capture callers' 30-sec. messages. More than 6,000 of these "electronic secretaries" were in use by 1957, when he and a partner sold the patent to General Telephone Corp...