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...fearsome hunter. But looks aren't everything. For decades paleontologists have chewed over the suggestion that T. rex's eyes were too small, its arms too short and its legs too slow for effective hunting. A few experts have gone so far as to say that despite the monster's huge jaws, its teeth were fragile and its jaw muscles were not strong enough to capture and kill other animals. Maybe the king of the dinosaurs was just a lowly scavenger...
...R.E.M. is not only one of the best bands in America, it is also one of the most consistent. Since its debut in 1983, the band has released nine major albums, and every one has set a high standard; several, including Murmur (1983), Automatic for the People (1992) and Monster (1994), have become classics. The band's latest CD, New Adventures in Hi-Fi (out Sept. 10), is not great R.E.M., but it is good R.E.M., which is to say it's as thoughtful and well constructed as any rock release that's come out this year. While many bands...
...Monster sought to be loud and sexy, and Automatic for the People was soft and ethereal. New Adventures in Hi-Fi lies somewhere in between, rarely overbearing, occasionally lulling, steadily compelling. The first track, How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us, is the album's best song. R.E.M. may have achieved its fame as a rock band, but before it broke out of Athens, Georgia, and found mainstream success, it was a college-dance-party band. How the West Was Won, with its staccato, insistent, danceable rhythm, returns the band to its roots. But the song...
...JOSE, California: A jury recommended the death penalty for Richard Allen Davis, who has been described as a monster, in the murder of Polly Klaas. In true form, Davis smirked when the verdict was read. The jury ignored defense pleas that they act mercifully and consider Davis' troubled childhood. Davis, 42, admitted that he abducted Klaas from her bedroom during a slumber party in Petaluma, California, and later strangled her. He claimed he was doped up when he kidnapped her. "I guess I just wasn't meant to be on the streets," Davis said when he confessed to the murder...
...this caliber, stage tricks such as shooting fireballs and a chandelier falling in slow motion almost draw away from its dramatic power. The constant flashing of light as the chandelier rises to the ceiling during the overture is particularly annoying. Audience members may wonder whether they're at a monster truck show or an opera...