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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...campaign is perfectly orchestrated--the President is photographed with random civilians posing as Albanians, clips that feature screaming young girls are shot on a soundstage and sent directly to news stations, and Willie Nelson is even brought in to write a theme song. When the stakes are raised near election day, the gang even finds a random 'hero' for their war--Willie Schuman (Woody Harrelson) is given his own celebratory song, slogan and national campaign. Schuman turns out to be a psycho military prisoner who has been convicted of raping a nun, but that's irrelevant--as long...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film at Eleven: Bigger, Better Conspiracy Theory | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

...filmmaking itself is eccentric in the extreme. Near the beginning, an African lion shows up for no reason at all, and for a moment, we're magically transported into a Terry Gilliam movie. Later, there's a strange homage to The Sound of Music. Long, inexplicable pauses and extended slow-motion sequences account for at least two-thirds of the film's threehour duration...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kevin Costner Goes Postal: Result Is Goofy But Goodhearted | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

Microsoft controls roughly 90 percent of the operating system market. Until recently, Netscape had a near-total monopoly on Web browser software, but within the last two years Microsoft has captured approximately 40 percent of the market through aggressive marketing of Internet Explorer...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lessig Will Remain Arbitrator of Microsoft-Justice Department Disupte | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

Nonetheless, the Crimson is currently clinging to the third-place slot in the league, but with a three-week exam break looming in the near future, that position becomes extremely precarious...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M.Hockey Faces RPI, Union in NY | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

...highlight of the show came near the end, with the performance of the bouncily beautiful "Feeling So Real." The crowd almost religiously attacked the stage, wanting to be close to the man. Moby, sweaty and smiling, took in the apotheosis, finally reprised in "Thousand," the final number of the second encore. As the drum machines raced towards a thousand beats per minute, Moby assumed a crucifixion pose, standing on an amp, stretching out his arms and looking up. The crowd cried for more, but the show was over...

Author: By Dan Visel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Punk on Ecstasy | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

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