Word: metallic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time the bus slips by the Back Bay's glitzy townhouses and stops near the Hynes Convention Center, there is only standing room left. Passengers grab the metal bars to steady themselves, and there is little room to move...
Boosting heavy chunks of metal that high is expensive, however, and Iridium and its brethren are trying to fly into space on the cheap, relatively speaking. They rely on so-called low-earth-orbit satellites that zoom just a few hundred miles above the planet's surface. They're cheaper to launch since they weigh less; and since the satellites are closer to the ground, devices with small antennas and comparatively small battery packs can reach them. Most important, signals can go up and return with no perceptible delay, which is vital for voice communications. But more of them...
...apocalyptic rants that mesmerized a huge teen audience, rock's prince of darkness has made himself over with a lighter new look--think Roswell alien goes Vegas--and a slicker sound. Mechanical Animals takes Manson away from his industrial-rock roots and moves him closer to mainstream heavy metal. Gone is the bludgeoning attack of his earlier albums; here he finds room for more melody, even some hooks. Beneath the makeup, Manson is still rock's most piercing critic--blasting, among other things, youth culture, rock music and conservatives. Manson fans, fear not: his weird new look will still strike...
...only visible signs of security were metal barriers surrounding the stage, a handful of U.S. Secret Service agents, some Cambridge Police Department officers and Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers flanking the steps of Memorial Church...
...There are visible economic differences," Lang says. "Not all the [Mount Vernon] kids drive cars. It's closer to the Bronx so its more urban...The kids pass through metal detectors when they pass into school...