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This is not to say that the production is terrible. It isn’t. But it does drag, and a show which should be vibrant comes across as lifeless. The talent of the cast is overwhelming, the production values are first-rate and the musical elements are finely tuned. Yet somehow the total effect of the production is far less than the sum of its parts...

Author: By Adam R. Perlman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lost In the Woods | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...university officials drag their feet when it comes to any discussion of cable...

Author: By Justin D. Gest, | Title: Hook Me Up | 5/3/2001 | See Source »

...like a real deejay." Today, the former hippie haven of Haight-Ashbury, where the laid-back Chulada bunks with his brother, teems with hundreds of makeshift Mobys scratching out their living. Some, including Chulada, have made it to the coolest clubs, like Mecca where a weekly knock 'em down drag show packs in gays and straights alike. Others make do by spinning at cheesy chain eateries, where deejays provide little more than background noise. O.K., so it's not always glamorous. But, says Chulada, a sly grin creasing his boyish face: "Unlike the dotcom guys, we still have our jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techno Fetishes | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...including the U.S., all remain in the neighborhood of the brink, and Japan could still drag the rest of them down if the banks start to go under. But for now, with the U.S. apparently holding its own, Europe feeling confident and Japan in at least a stable coma, the view from the world stage is downright - comparatively, at least - sunny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suddenly, a Sunny Outlook For Global Economy | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...paintings of birds are repeated over and over again. It is as though Jorge thinks that the reader doesn’t understand that these events all symbolize the daughter’s longing for her father. These types of repetition make the first half of the book drag...

Author: By Michaela O. Daniel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fathers and Daughters | 4/27/2001 | See Source »

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