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...spouting ridiculous lines, the actors are mired in never-ending musical numbers. The many beautiful voices in the cast are wasted on the droning music and simplistic lyrics by Bryan McAdams. There are many times in the show in which music plus lyrics does not equal a song. Lacking distinct melodies, strong choruses and intelligible rhyme schemes, a lot of the songs seem forced and out of place. The incessant background music for much of the dialogued scenes sounds like something straight out of a Psychic Friends Network infomercial...

Author: By Ariel Foxman, | Title: Awkward Adolescence | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

...place--the front of the store is crisp and office-like, accented by granite tiling and wooden panels, while the other two-thirds of the establishment is plush, richly textured, and riddled with hair care products. Thomas said that she is required by law to have two distinct waiting rooms and a boundary between the two "offices...

Author: By Sunah N. Kim, | Title: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

...essence, says Sutton, traditional studies of brain lesions, or distinct areas of the brain which don't function properly, are like concluding that the fact that a car that won't start has a loose spark plug means that spark plugs alone...

Author: By Lana Israel, | Title: Into The Recesses of Your Mind | 11/16/1993 | See Source »

...House, regarded as normal for the President's party at midterm, would shave the Democrats' margins so thin as to perhaps bring back legislative gridlock. Greater losses could virtually end Clinton's chances for getting any important legislation passed, and the elections last week indicate that is a distinct possibility. Very far from a certainty, of course: a recent quickening in the economic recovery, if it continues and brings an upsurge in employment, could convince many alienated voters that the status quo is not so awful after all. But a continuation of the present anti- incumbent mood could hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Experience Necessary | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

This writer holds two distinct off-the-court impressions of Campbell...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Campbell: Courtside Anomaly | 11/13/1993 | See Source »

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