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That blockage sent a layer of sewage and other fluids into pipes in the crawl space underneath the kitchen area. When plumbers arrived to alleviate the blockage, "it was so far backed up...that some of the sewage came out," said Keith Pryor, a project manager for Barr and Barr Builders, the contractors who renovated the house's kitchen and serving area over the summer...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Adams Crews Repair Burst Sewage Pipe | 9/23/1997 | See Source »

...album is monotonous tripe-is a jazzy novelty called "The Roof," essentially a narrative description of a late night rendezvous above a city sky-line. Like Badu, D'Angelo and other artists in the rising Black Bohemian movement, Mariah shows a willingness to glide through her whole vocal range, layer her melodies and isolate a specific moment of romantic rapture. The idiosyncratic rhymes and loose rhythm track help make the song as unique and attention-getting as most of the other songs are plastic and disposable...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LIGHTER THAN AIR | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

...would be filled with waving wires, glass debris and even globules of blood collected from the crew for medical tests. But when Vinogradov popped his head inside and peered around with a flashlight, he found that the place looked surprisingly undisturbed. The darkened instrument panels were covered with a layer of sparkly frost, and a cloud of white crystals floated about like fireflies. These were thought to be the remains of a bottle of shampoo that had ruptured in the vacuum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PATCHING UP THE SHIP | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

...however, the last layer. That is a fraud called "recovery room," reserved for victims who have finally vowed not to be scammed again. In this case, after Downs had moved to Raleigh, N.C., and taken an unlisted phone number, she got a call from a man who gave his name as Virgil Hastings. He said he was a lawyer working for a federal court in California that had impounded the funds of the telemarketers who had fleeced Downs. The court, he said, was ready to return her $74,000--but first she had to send...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELDERSCAM | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...global stage, becoming one of the superstars of world music; after suffering cardiac arrest during a trip to Britain to seek medical treatment for chronic liver and weight problems; in London. For 600 years, Khan's family had been singers in the qawwali tradition, a style that built layer upon layer of increasingly intense music that demanded ferocious vocal control and culminated in whirling peaks of ecstasy. Khan not only revived qawwali's popularity in his native Pakistan but also, after being lured into recording the sound track for The Last Temptation of Christ by the British rock musician Peter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 25, 1997 | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

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