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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Soul Coughing burst into the world four years ago from the depths of New York's underground club scene. When their first album, Ruby Vroom, spread its funkified wings in 1994, thousands of hungry, pulsing teenagers gasped. Here, at last, was a thing of beauty. Here, at last, was something that made you go "Oh God, yeah, Oh God, I wanna, God, I wanna DANCE." Body-throbbing funk with a deep, heavy low-end, witty lyrics that read like poetry and presuppose (gasp) intelligent listeners, and the seductively quirky voice of lead singer Michael Doughty all melded together on Ruby...

Author: By Erin E. Billings, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coughing Bears: Fracturing the Narrative and Other Misadventures | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

This final sequence would set the tone for the sudden death overtime period, which seemed like one prolonged gasp from fans...

Author: By W. COUPER Samuelson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Fells No. 17 B.U. on Overtime Goal | 9/30/1998 | See Source »

Other Presidents and leaders are suspected of having had affairs, including--gasp!--Ronald Reagan (pre-White House), George Bush, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela and dozens of other famous and, in many cases, wonderful leaders, including just about every President of France since World...

Author: By Lansing D. Mcloskey, | Title: Finding Clinton's Place In History | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...irreducibly human facts of the case, as detailed in Kenneth Starr's report, are liable to be lost as readers weigh competing legal claims or gasp at the long train of sexual detail. Of course, the report tilts heavily toward Monica's side of the tale, the President having declined to discuss the relationship with any specificity--an unaccustomed act of gallantry, perhaps. Even so, we know enough of his role to give this one passage from the report particular poignancy: "Whereas the President testified that 'what began as a friendship came to include [intimate contact],' Ms. Lewinsky explained that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Feminist Lothario | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...last gasp of sorts for the Crimson, as the Minutewomen were extremely aggressive in their ultimately successful efforts to put the game away in the final nine minutes...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Stumbles to 3-1 Setback | 9/17/1998 | See Source »

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