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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This was also expected to incite argument, but the legislation did not even gain enough votes for consideration, let alone debate...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Avoids Contentious Debate, Approves Spring Grants | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...doctrine's "highfalutin moral principles [that] are impossible guides to foreign policy" and the inevitable wavering between the deplorable poles of hypocrisy and naivete. After reflection, however, I find that both President Clinton and Krauthammer are correct. The Kosovo affair seems like the pursuit of knowledge. One ought to gain some new learning and put it to use. But omniscience and omnipotence are beyond human capacity. MIKE M. BEHESHTI North Salt Lake, Utah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 26, 1999 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...personal experiences come across in the quiet desperation in his songs, but he does not whine. Instead, he crafts silvery plaintive ballads and shouts distortedly through loud, always oddly melodious numbers. Linkous does not aim to please. Like most uncompromising music, his is not instantly accessible, and Sparklehorse songs gain much from the attentive listening that many at the Middle East did not attempt. During "Junebug," a hushed, plaintive encore, the dim roar at the back was almost as loud as Linkous's voice...

Author: By Tatiana Gonzalez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: All That Sparkles Is Not Heard | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...personal experiences come across in the quiet desperation in his songs, but he does not whine. Instead, he crafts silvery plaintive ballads and shouts distortedly through loud, always oddly melodious numbers. Linkous does not aim to please. Like most uncompromising music, his is not instantly accesible, and Sparklehorse songs gain much from the attentive listening that many at the Middle East did not attempt. During "Junebug," a hushed, plaintive encore, the dim roar at the back was almost as loud as Linkous's voice...

Author: By Tatiana Gonzalez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Concert Review: All That Sparkles Is Not Heard | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

However, while these organizations have made tremendous advancements in their fight to gain better working conditions, they are not satisfied to simply remain content with the victories they have made...

Author: By Matthew G.H. Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Union Power in Ivory Towers | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

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