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...Strained, resonant, aspirated, audible, distinct...

Author: By Daryl Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blast! Preview: More Interviews With Tonight's Bands | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...training trip, however appealing it may sound, is not one of the advantages, though, and some (including myself during several of the trips I have taken) would even argue that it is a distinct disadvantage...

Author: By Timothy M. Martin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My Favorite Martin | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...Todd likes to speak out a lot and I just remember Gonzo's voice as being very distinct...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Throwing a Curve Ball: FM Asks the U.C. Presidential Candidates Questions They Never Expected. | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...only outlet available to her. "I can't be as personally creative," she admits grimly, "but I have learned a lot." She works under a lot of pressure, measuring and dressing entire casts in just one or two weeks. A new challenge was working within the constraints of a distinct historical period, as with Giasone. One senses that the Renaissance style was perhaps too much of a departure from Waddell's own vision. "I don't think I'd ever incorporate a pair of knickers in my fashion show," she reflects. Working from a costume stock or building everything...

Author: By J. L. Martin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Closerlook: Playing Dress-Up | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...EgyptAir Flight 990 is cruising uneventfully at 33,000 ft. on its normal heading from New York City northeast across the Atlantic toward Cairo. At that moment, two distinct clicks of a button on the control yoke disconnect the autopilot guiding the plane. Eight seconds later, the control yoke is pushed forward, tipping the tail up, pitching the nose down, and the aircraft tilts into a precipitous but controlled dive. Fourteen seconds later, the aircraft reaches 90% of the speed of sound and zero gravity--weightlessness--as it plummets through the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prayer Before Dying | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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