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...economy was robust and, for most Americans, the rest of the globe ceased to exist (Bosnia, Belfast, world hunger... yawn). On radio, the sports-talk format took hold; so, late at night, did the extraterrestrial conspiracy theories of Art Bell and his guests. The Radio Right needed a new hook, and a close presidential election was just the thing to energize the commentators and their faithful. Gore might not have excited his fans, but he certainly energized the fanatics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio Free-Fire Zone | 11/10/2000 | See Source »

...really intolerable, and I'm starting to lose my temper. All I know is that the next person who tries to kiss up, I'm going to set on fire... Wasn't Citystep surreal? But by the time you got your bearings and had a chance to hook up in the mini subway car exhibit, the damn thing was over. Too short, too many 50-buck hair styles (I'm applying for UC grant to start an Anti-Tendril Association), wayyyy too many freshmen... One of my friends spotted a poster for the College Democrats reading "What Would Harry Potter...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the (K)now | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

Cultural pressure alone tends to short-circuit the latency period, when a child usually develops a sense of who she is and where she fits in the world. When a girl's body develops early, she is more likely to hook up with a boy--and leave her group of girl friends--before the developmental work of the latency period is done. "That," says Pipher, "has all sorts of harmful social, academic and psychological consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teens Before Their Time | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

Their unavoidable hit is a mix of calypso-inflected insults ("Get back, you flea-infested mongrel!") to a hip-hop-cum-pop beat. But it's the hook that has become an ironic anthem. The singer shouts, "Who let the dogs out?" The reply is a male chorus of "Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Northern Exposure | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...wanted them to record. Dogs, written by Trinidadian musician Anslem Douglas and an island hit two years ago, is a spirited jape about women so disgusted by the antics of the men at a party that they ask, "Who let the dogs out?" Greenberg couldn't get the hook out of his head. He was sure the Men could make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Northern Exposure | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

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