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...fire is often fueled by drawing on the black community's history of resistance to oppression. Since there's not much of a history of the Man keeping down blond, blue-eyed white kids, Eminem turns to another source to crank up his rage: his mom. On the very first line of the very first song, the stuttery Kill You, he starts taking shots: "When I was just a little baby boy my momma used to tell me these crazy things... then I got a little bit older and I realized she was the crazy one." After the release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Whiter Shade of Pale | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

...think really big. In the next 10 or 20 years, what company could become so mammoth we'd look back and chuckle at the notion that we actually once considered GM or Wal-Mart a sizable outfit? It's possible to imagine a few candidates--but you have to crank your imagination surprisingly hard. Here's why: as the world's largest company, Wal-Mart this fiscal year will take inclose to $200 billion in revenue. Think for a minute about how much money that is. If you sold something expensive, like cars averaging $20,000, you'd have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Top The Fortune 500? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...ORTHODONTISTS No more metal mouth, thanks to 3-D simulation programs that will crank out a series of disposable, clear-plastic "aligners" to shift your teeth into position. Already in clinical trials, this technology is geared for adults, so all you gap-toothed prepubes will have something to look forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Be the 10 Hottest Jobs? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...first time Eddie Murphy slapped on the layers of latex to play the lovably obese Sherman Klump, the result was the $140 million-grossing Nutty Professor. In predictable fashion, the studio promptly began plans to crank out a sequel. This second outing focuses predominantly on Sherman's Klump clans-so much so, in fact, that Universal is considering dropping the Nutty part and simply calling the film The Klumps. In lieu of his plans to get married (to Janet Jackson, of all people), Sherman decides to excise the DNA of his altar-ego, Buddy Love, from his system, but unwittingly...

Author: By Arts Editors, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summer Movie Preview | 5/19/2000 | See Source »

...black-hooded anarchists who inflicted millions of dollars of damage on downtown Seattle. Njehu, who heads a coalition of more than 200 groups, will be on hand, along with thousands of union members, religious activists and environmentalists. Makeshift kitchens will serve free food, and rock bands will crank out hymns of protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seattle Sequel | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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