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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Obviously, the music of these lesser-known alternative groups does not really interest me all that much. Instead, it is their zany band names that I find especially intriguing. For, in an effort to outdo others in the industry, fledgling music groups continue to come up with stranger and stranger names, providing ample diversion to pass those lazy nights of summer...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CONNECTICUT | 7/2/1998 | See Source »

...controversial opinions on the sex wars. Feminism wasted time trying to persuade us that men are tameable, she proclaimed. Relish sexual power, she told women, but don't go to frat parties expecting men to be saints. The argument was powerful and full of merit, but deployed by lesser minds it quickly devolved into an excuse for media-hungry would-be feminists to share their adventures in the mall or in bed. So let us survey the full post-Paglia landscape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feminism: It's All About Me! | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...history of the last third of 20th century cinema, Spielberg is the most influential figure, for better and worse. In his lesser films he relied too much on shallow stories and special effects for their own sake. (Will anyone treasure The Lost World: Jurassic Park a century from now?) In his best films he tapped into dreams fashioned by our better natures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moviemaker STEVEN SPIELBERG | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...Fish was asked to appraise his team's chances. Answering honestly, Fish said that the elder Blake was questionable to play and that even if he did play, he would be less than 100 percent. There went the 12th seed and there went the match with Illinois--a far lesser opponent than Georgia...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Wins Title, Advances to Nationals | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...could frame the Harvard women's water polo team's season as a series of wins against lesser or equal opponents sandwiched in between losses to big-time programs. In its 17-10 season, the Crimson showed that it was good, but still a notch below beasts of the East like UMass, Princeton and Maryland...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Water Polo Sixth at Easterns | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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