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With all the millennium hype accompanying the entrance of the new year, it wouldn't be all that surprising if everyone remembered 1999 as nothing more than a lengthy segue into the 21st century...
...administrators of our fair College busily prepare this venerable institution for a new era, we would like note that 1999 deserves just as much attention as any other year. And just in case--in the midst of all the hoopla and hype--Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 and Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles forgot to draw up a list of new year's resolutions, the following should get us off on the right foot...
...Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with her performance except that any of 20 other competent stage actresses could have done it. Not many of them, of course, would also look as good in the buff (from behind, for about 10 seconds) or be able to command the kind of hype of which great letdowns are made...
...homers, but after I slugged 20 in June, I found myself not far behind. While I was happy to be on a roll, I was more pleased that my team was winning. By late July, as I passed Ken, the media started to hype a rivalry between Mark and me. If there was one, it was the best kind--friendly and professional. I motivated Mark and he motivated me. That's what good competition is all about--two people trying to go out there and be their best. I think Mark is a great human being, and I think people...
Chauvinistic English critics are calling Thomas Ades, 28, the hottest composer since Benjamin Britten. Don't believe the hype. Ades' first opera, just released on CD, is a thoroughly nasty piece of goods. Philip Hensher's sneering libretto tells the scabrous story of the decline and fall of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (the "Mrs. Sweeny" of Cole Porter's You're the Top), who liked to do the Full Monica on her male servants. Ades' score is a glib farrago of sour, splintered vocal writing, postmodern pastiche and cartoony sound effects. Is this the music of the future? No, just...