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...charm of Tommy Boy. The film blatantly steals a whole scene from Silence of the Lambs—a travesty to the latter—and its constant barrage of overused redneck and gay jokes hardly exudes any originality. Besides Walken’s performance, the only other saving grace is the film’s excellent soundtrack, buoyed by great classic rock tunes from bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bob Seger...

Author: By John PAUL M. fox, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Grime and Punishment | 4/13/2001 | See Source »

...best, this move might force the administration to reassess the importance of teaching credentials in its faculty recruiting procedures to pre-empt empty lecture halls, students having chosen to imbibe their information elsewhere online, or to prevent the world from viewing some of the almost laughably poor lecturers who grace the venerated science departments. At worst, this burgeoning open market of information transfer specialists might signal Harvard’s first step toward obsolescence. But maybe that wouldn’t be so bad?...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Virtual Veritas | 4/10/2001 | See Source »

During baseball season, I am often reminded how easy it is to eulogize summer afternoons spent in the majestic embrace of ballparks like Yankee Stadium or Wrigley Field - memories of those storied parks always seem to wear a patina of easy grace. Evincing rose-colored memories of childhood Sundays in the hulking concrete-and-Astroturf confines of Three Rivers Stadium, on the other hand, requires either a certain predisposition to sentimentality or early-onset memory loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saying Good-bye to 'Pops' | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...been raided dozens of times, founder Vladimir Gusinsky is in Spain fighting extradition and other executives have fled the country. Judges have consistently ruled against NTV ? or quickly changed their minds if they ruled in favor of the company. Last week should have seen the coup de grace for NTV. As legislators assembled for the President's annual message to the two houses of parliament, Gazprom, the state-controlled natural resources monopoly and a major NTV shareholder, dismissed the network's top management. Full Story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Ted Turner Rush in Where Putin Treads Clumsily? | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...incorporated their interpretation of rap into other genres of music, have returned, and they come with a conglomerate of stars to bolster the album’s prestige. While the likes of Kid Rock, Fred Durst, Sugar Ray, Nas, JD, and Jagged Edge may grace the album, the one thing most Run DMC fans hoped for is missing: Run DMC’s original sound. There is no doubt that this album has great songs; anything otherwise would be unworthy to carry Run DMC’s name. However, only the title track “Crown Royal?...

Author: By Patrick S. Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Albums: Run DMC | 4/6/2001 | See Source »

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