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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unrepresented here), and Cope was free to pursue his solo career. "I regard what I want to do next as an opportunity for gross self-indulgence," Cope said at the time, and spent the next four years fulfilling that promise. The songs here, happily, avoid the worst of the excess; the pleasantly catchy "An Elegant Chaos" captures the flavor of the period, and "Sunspots," Iyrically a doodle, is worth listening to if only to hear what a Jethro Tull flute solo over a Nirvana guitar break might sound like. With a tuba...

Author: By Jordan Ellenberg, | Title: New Music | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

...plus is that the numerous options in the bill give the industries flexibility in complying. Even pro-business Governor William F. Weld '66 supports the initiative. And given the dwindling amount of landfill room and the tendency of both landfills and incinerators to toxify, it makes sense to make excess packaging obsolete...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ayes Have It: Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes | 11/3/1992 | See Source »

...large portion of the population pays for it and since the amount of the tax is visible to anyone who looks at the pump, the public can get an easy handle on the cost of "clean air." Thus, the democratic process gives you a built-in check against environmental excess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Is Jendi Reiter Really Becoming a Liberal? | 10/31/1992 | See Source »

...plan? Attack Bill Clinton's plan," says one spot. A clip from Bush's attack ad is accompanied by a quotation from a newspaper that has criticized it ("Misleading," says the Washington Post). Clinton's proposal, the ad repeats, would increase taxes only for couples with incomes in excess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ad Wars | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

Students who get less sleep are more likely to suffer from eating disorders to have disrupted eating patterns, and to be concerned about excess weight, according to a 1990 study published in Perceptual and Motor Skills journal...

Author: By Julie-ann R. Francis, CRIMSON STAFF REPORTER | Title: NO REST FOR THE WEARY | 10/13/1992 | See Source »

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