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...clear that Enya's most creative and best works were her spectacular debut Watermark album and the follow-up Shepherd Moons, which both sold over 10 million copies apiece. Yet while her later release Memory of Trees continued her commercial success, her music tended to descend into more formulaic New Age babble. Unfortunately, Enya's newest release, A Day Without Rain follows this trend. It follows almost song-by-song the same trajectory of Memory of Trees. Both have purely instrumental opening title tracks. The second song is a catchy made-for-pop-radio number, (in this case, "Wild Child...
...seems, felt intimidated by the actions of Republican protesters crowding the halls of their offices Wednesday and decided to call off a count of the thousands of "no vote" ballots in their county. The actions of Republican partisans--taking to the radio to encourage angry citizens to descend on the canvassing board office and prevent them from doing their work--erode any credibility Texas Gov. George W. Bush and his supporters may have had in claiming Gore is "doing anything he can" to win the election. Apparently, Bush's supporters feel the ends justify the means--even when it comes...
...VEGAS Every autumn, as sure as leaves fall and sitcoms get canceled, 200,000 geeks descend on this city for COMDEX, the biggest high-tech trade show of the year, to get a preview of next year's whizzy gadgets. We tagged along, and here's what...
...improvisations, such as Al Gore's touch football game, shown everywhere on television. Did Mike Deaver come out of retirement (and change political parties) to coach Al and Tipper? "Think Hyannisport, 1960 - think Kennedys!" Gore gets credit for the best cynical JFK imitation since 1988, when Gary Hart would descend from his campaign plane with one hand thrust in his jacket pocket, thumb protruding, à la Jack, and walk gingerly across the tarmac, as if he had injured his back while swimming away from the wreckage of a PT boat...
...improvisations, such as Al Gore's touch football game, shown everywhere on television. Did Mike Deaver come out of retirement (and change political parties) to coach Al and Tipper? "Think Hyannisport, 1960 - think Kennedys!" Gore gets credit for the best cynical JFK imitation since 1988, when Gary Hart would descend from his campaign plane with one hand thrust in his jacket pocket, thumb protruding, à la Jack, and walk gingerly across the tarmac, as if he had injured his back while swimming away from the wreckage of a PT boat...