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...standard pop/rock material. The cardinal rule of teen pop is that it must be relevant to the targeted generation of eight to 15-year old girls. A teen artist achieves relevance, often translated into coolness, with a combination of catchy, tuneful melodies, upbeat and appealing music videos and a distinct separation from the drudgery and toil of the real world teens inhabit. With Britney, Spears has failed in all three objectives. In seeking to redefine her appeal, she has seriously compromised her once-secure position as queen of the young...

Author: By Stanley P. Chang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Britney: Big Girls Don't Grrrrrrowl | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

...It’s one of the first times that a study has provided data about how information from multiple distinct olfactory receptors are integrated,” HMS Professor of Neurobiology R. Clay Reid said...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Scientists Listen In as Nose Talks to Brain | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

...percent) they are part of a group whose majority lives in another country. Most Pashtuns live in Pakistan, Tajiks in Tajikistan, Uzbeks in Uzbekistan, and while the Hazaras are not ethnically linked with Iran, their Shiite brand of Islam gives them a common identity with the Islamic Republic distinct from their fellow Afghans. Afghanistan has traditionally been ruled by Pashtuns, although their power has often been contested. And the fearsome wars of the past two decades have deepened ethnic enmity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Afghans Just Can't Get Along | 11/20/2001 | See Source »

Each shelf has its own color combination and distinct combination and distinct time period. Atherton’s bookshelf, for instance, is filled with the red, brown and yellow covers of 17th and 18th century American literature. Intricate gold and silver etchings decorate the leather binding...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Five Centuries of Books Find Home in Square | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...forces rather than fight them, hoping the bond of ethnic solidarity against the Uzbeks, Tajiks and Hazaras of the Northern Alliance may be invoked at some point in the future, particularly if the Pashtuns are alienated from the political outcome of the post-Taliban era. And that remains a distinct possiblity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: New Freedom, New Fears | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

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