Word: mainstream
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...name of Big Government and Che Guevara. Get yours, if you must; I will not be a red octagon for the capitalist driver or passenger. However, as a long-time hip-hop fan, I do hate two things: lies and wack-ness. Both of which seem to permeate mainstream...
Nonetheless, globally speaking, I am one of few, and I acknowledge my minority demographic. Happily, even; and why not? I belong to an equally worldwide (though less exposed) counterculture that values quality sound and whose members struggle for cultural survival in the face of the Mainstream Threat by battling each other, be it on microphones, turntables or breakdancing floors. And I try to portray it in the scribbles that cover my book of rhymes; and that's real, baby...
...very finish. Each singer has talent and appeal, each woman has confidence and poise. With such an even playing field, it would be difficult to predict a possible victor before match time. Admittedly, allegiances among fans are inevitable and sides would be taken. Morissette is certainly more popular in mainstream music, and Manson's Garbage is universally revered among rock critics. But even with these loyalties, the battle would be too close to call...
Also underway are plans for a manual called Linux@Harvard, which would provide instruction for running the operating system Linux. A variant of Unix, Linux has been growing in popularity. Project overseer Suhas K. Daftuar '00 said Linux is "more stable than other operating systems available in the mainstream market; it's faster; and it's free...
Surgical error? Medicare fraud? No, a deliberate sham. Bizarre as it may seem, fake surgeries--otherwise known as placebo-controlled surgical trials--are entering mainstream medical research. The first of these trials wrapped up last week, and others are under way. "This is just the beginning," says Warren Olanow, chair of neurology at Mount Sinai Hospital. "Tomorrow if you have a [new] procedure, you will have to do a double-blind placebo trial...