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...last month's Country Music Awards, Matraca Berg picked up a Song of the Year trophy for Strawberry Wine, co-written with Gary Harrison. That was a ho-hum: the Nashville scribe has penned prime bedroom and barroom laments for Reba McEntire (Last One to Know), Trisha Yearwood (XXX's and OOO's), Martina McBride (Wild Angels), Patty Loveless (You Can Feel Bad) and other country thrushes. But that same night, Berg sang Back When We Were Beautiful, about a widow recalling her one and only love, and put so much ache and age into it you could hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: UP COUNTRY: COMPOSER MATRACA BERG SCORES AS A SAVVY SINGER | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...high school chemistry labs every week. In this case, the goal was to determine whether plant samples from the Ecuadorian rain forest contained chemical properties that could be used to combat diabetes. Immerse the leaves in an alcohol extract, then a water extract, and see what happens. Ho hum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY THAT GROWS ON TREES | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

...prom night! The scent of the corsage, the hum of the limo, the assistant principal manning the Breathalyzer at the gym door. Some things about proms have changed, but the search for the perfect prom dress continues. The big news, according to fashion designer Jessica McClintock, is that glamour and pastels are back. Herewith a tour of prom dresses through the decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 2, 1997 | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...faint light from a window. While stuck in pitch black, the viewer empathizes with Ata and her fear: however, this is the only time in the play one feels any empathy for any of the characters. However, the dramatic silences were violated by the annoying and incessant buzzing hum of the lights...

Author: By Mary-beth A. Muchmore, | Title: 'Criminal Hearts' Weighed Down by Implausible Plot | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

That's right. A product released by good donor Bill Gates has cooties. Ho, hum. Surprise, surprise...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: techTALK | 3/11/1997 | See Source »

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