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Popularity for Hootie & the Blowfish was a long time coming. The four band members-singer Darius Rucker, guitarist Mark Bryan, bassist Dean Felber and drummer Sonefeld-got together at the University of South Carolina in Columbia in the mid-1980s. Rucker likes to sing after taking a shower and, thanks to his loud voice and the dorm's thin walls, his habit became well known-and, surprisingly, well liked. Says Bryan, who lived down the hall: "I'd hear him and think, 'He's got a really great voice.'" Bryan was learning to play the guitar at the time...
Since the mid-1980s, musicians have increasingly been producing their albums in the digital domain; the rewards in terms of sound quality are clear even to the novice listener. But more fundamental aspects of the music have gone digital as well...
...dead-end industry because analysts grossly underestimated global reserves. Now it is rapidly becoming a favorite fuel of electric utilities. More than 30% cheaper than oil, it burns efficiently, and it produces fewer pollutants and a third less carbon dioxide than oil. World production has risen 30% since the mid-1980s. Because of its advantages over dirtier hydrocarbons, natural gas may be a bridge between oil and coal and the solar...
While Australian federal police found no such link, they discovered Jouret and Di Mambro had repeatedly visited the country beginning in the mid-1980s. People who met Jouret say he was fascinated by Ayers Rock, the huge monolith sacred to the Aborigines that rises from the desert floor in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. He apparently told acquaintances that the rock's "mystic appeal" had drawn him to Australia and that he had applied to hold a religious service there. The Aborigines, who control access to Ayers Rock, turned him down...
Most states are in their best financial condition since the mid-1980s, according to a study released Wednesday by the Conference Board, a business research group. In fiscal 1994, which ended Sept. 30, tax revenues were in line with -- or above -- projections in 43 states. The even better news for taxpayers is that many states with budget surpluses are planning tax cuts for fiscal '95. The taxpayers most likely to gain from these plans are those living in the South and Rocky Mountain regions, where the Conference Board says states are most economically sound...