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...Then rock 'n roll, as it became the dominant form of pop culture, chiseled a chasm between the music heard in the theater and the music heard on the radio. Soaring Broadway ballads, dewy with emotion, were instant anachronisms. A few female singers did essay the occasional show tune: Aretha Franklin did a rousing "Are You Sure" from "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," and Ketty Lester turned "Once Upon a Time" into the last frail breath of remembered ardor. But these thrushes were crowded out of the Top 40 by jail-bait divas like Rosie Hamlin ("Angel Baby"), Little Peggy March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Let Us "Spray" | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...Helena W. August ’04 makes an instant bad impression. “Nice to meet you,” Fred. R. Murray ’04 said to her courteously Thursday night. “Oh yeah, meeting you is a real delight,” August replied. She then poured her drink on Murray’s shirt and walked away, mumbling that he had some nerve...

Author: By Corker Q. Picker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gossip Guy! | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

...arouses my admiration, he at the same time appalls me") to Bob Dylan ("Abe says, 'Where do you want this killin' done?' God says, 'Out on Highway 61'")--but which seems transcendentally right to traditionalists--the father commences to comply on a mountain called Moriah. Only at the last instant does God stay the father's hand and renew his pledge regarding Abraham's descendants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Legacy of Abraham | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...instant in the fourth quarter, senior Carl Morris looked more like a menacing offensive lineman rather than the dexterous and agile receiver who has destroyed opposing secondaries for years...

Author: By Samita Mannapperuma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Carl Morris '03 | 9/24/2002 | See Source »

...residents wary of dining out. "From now on, I think I'll stay home and eat," says He Liangjun, a cobbler who frequented the Heshengyuan eatery. Only problem is, neither he nor his wife know how to cook. Says He: "I guess we'll be eating a lot of instant noodles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rat Fink | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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