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...joints, in both hips. A $750 operation relieved his pain, but even with a dose of aspirin almost daily, Jake still walks stiffly. On top of that, he has severe & allergies, dry skin and a poor coat. He has recently started having seizures as well. "He's a medical mess," says Amanda Metzger. "It just breaks my heart because he wants to play like a puppy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Terrible Beauty | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

...still refuse to agree on any settlement negotiated by mediators. The Serb reaction last week to U.N. scolding and NATO's minor bombing was almost contemptuous. In a telephone call to U.N. commander Lieut. General Sir Michael Rose's headquarters, Jovan Zametica, a senior Serb official, warned, "Don't mess with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater of the Absurd | 12/5/1994 | See Source »

...alarming thing is, this could drag on for a considerable period of time," he said. "It's mess...

Author: By Sewell Chan, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Appellate Court Stalls Repeal Of Rent Control | 12/3/1994 | See Source »

...choked vistas, the scourge of aids and the bloodless wounds of love -- all presented as symptoms of a universal malaise. On Sex Kills, sirens echo ominously behind an insistent beat as Mitchell sings, "The ulcerated ozone/ These tumors of the skin/ This hostile sun beatin' down on/ This massive mess we're in! ... And sex sells everything/ And sex kills." The album title, Mitchell says, "refers to the turbulent blues of this warring, frenzied climate that we live in, riddled with plagues and wars and divisionalism." This sense of chaos struck home with the dissolution of her marriage to bassist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: A Deeper Shade of Blue | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

...also believes society shows a willingness to face up to its predicament. "People don't have their heads in the sand anymore," she says. "The general populace seems to realize we're in the middle of a mess and that it can be somewhat comforting to hear a description of that mess put to beautiful music." By that difficult measure, Turbulent Indigo is indeed somewhat comforting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: A Deeper Shade of Blue | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

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