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...their new album and their appearance on the She's All That soundtrack with their opening song "Sugar" to a thoroughly unimpressed crowd. Lead singer Jo Lloyd constituted the only bright spot in the repetitious repertoire with her wispy vocals, but the crowd's only reaction was the occasional crude whistling from some of the men in appreciation of Lloyd's tight clothing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marvelous3 Goes to the Ball, And Runs Away With It | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...America, we have the medical resourcesto deliver the beneficial ingredients without theneed to smoke crude marijuana," Maginnis said

Author: By Nathaniel L. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Four Faculty Criticize U.S. Drug Policy | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...course, is that the book will blow away Covington's Christian piety, but it's a measure of McDonald's wisdom and subtle understanding of human ties that something altogether stranger happens. Evolution, as Mr. Darwin's Shooter demonstrates, is driven by forces more nuanced and mysterious than the crude survival of the fittest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Survival of the Finest | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...very well be tomorrow's American race for survival. Americans are financing the military buildup in China every time we buy an item made there. Several hundred made-in-China coffeemakers could equal one AK-47. We must never underestimate the Chinese just because their military equipment may be crude. The Viet Cong's weapons were crude, and look at what happened in Vietnam. JAMES A. CARROLL Green Creek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 22, 1999 | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...industry isn't the only one adjusting to the era of plentiful petroleum. As the price of crude oil falls, the prices of lightly taxed American gasoline (and other petrochemicals) follow suit. Car buyers, with the incentive of bottom-dollar gasoline, snatch up large, gasoline-inefficient automobiles-particularly sport utility vehicles-in increasing numbers. John Schutz, Nissan's director of research and development, said on CNN Interactive, "As long as gasoline is cheap, there will be demand for gas guzzlers." This, of course, encourages auto makers to produce SUVs, which they've done in ever-increasing numbers...

Author: By Amos C. Kenigsberg, | Title: Drowning Ourselves in Black Gold | 2/9/1999 | See Source »

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