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...course, student positions need not be eliminated. But only students who can do a good job and not disappoint users should be hired. Just purchasing more computing power and application programs do not necessarily make most users happy; a professional support staff will...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: P.C. CORNER | 1/12/1994 | See Source »

...Black Rider doesn't disappoint. Waits' trademark instruments are out in full force: bassoons, clarinets, accordions, organs, saws, boots, chamberlains, trains whistles...well, you get the point, and don't forget about his lurching melodies and strangely moving vocals...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Human Oddities | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

...night at the Boston Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty will not disappoint any lover of dance. And yet, the rarity of solos and duets on the stage illustrate the ballet's social nature and its lack of drama and psychological development. Even the much anticipated kiss occurs in Aurora's bed chamber with her parents, the King and Queen, by her side! Still, The Sleeping Beauty combines rare moments of stunning dancing with magical stagecraft for an enjoyable evening of theater and dance...

Author: By Amanda S. Federman, | Title: Sleeping Beauty in Good Shape Even After 100 Years | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

...band's new CD, their fourth full-length album, will not shock old devotees or disappoint initiates. The musicians -- singer-guitarists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty -- don't stake out any new territory, but rather reassert claims to their favorite ideological and musical stomping grounds. The song Smallpox Champion is about invading whites purposely infecting Indians: "Give natives some blankets warm like the grave." 23 Beats Off addresses today's problems, comparing the private war of "a household name with HIV" to a military battle. The track stretches on for seven minutes, collapsing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not For Sale Or Lease | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

...course this wouldn't be a Clint Eastwood film without the famous one-liners, and this movie is not one to disappoint the fans. Eastwood looks seriously at the other characters with his hour-old beard and says, "I know things about people...

Author: By Christopher J. Hernandez, | Title: Eastwood Thriller Features Fast Action, Villain, Cheesy Romance | 7/16/1993 | See Source »

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