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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stimulate me culturally, not aesthetically. The opposite happened. Aside from a passing reference to frying UV rays (the ozone is thinning Down Under) and an occasional Aussie accent, I could easily mistake these songs as American. The five bands represented here sound very similar--forceful, loud vocals offset by catchy drum and guitar. There's no refined philosophical system being developed here--this is the "I-don't-give-a-damn" sense of fun that all college students feel (yes, even at Harvard). Epicure's "Airmail" stands out as the best by far. It is softer, slower, more serious...

Author: By By GREG J. wrenn, | Title: Album Review: New Noize #1 by Various (Australian) Artistes | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...stimulate me culturally, not aesthetically. The opposite happened. Aside from a passing reference to frying UV rays (the ozone is thinning Down Under) and an occasional Aussie accent, I could easily mistake these songs as American. The five bands represented here sound very similar--forceful, loud vocals offset by catchy drum and guitar. There's no refined philosophical system being developed here--this is the "I-don't-give-a-damn" sense of fun that all college students feel (yes, even at Harvard). Epicure's "Airmail" stands out as the best by far. It is softer, slower, more serious...

Author: By Greg J. Wrenn, | Title: Various (Australian) Artistes New Noize #1 Flugelhorn Music | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

Rudenstine said the University has said it willappropriate some its own funds to offset any dipsin donations over the next few years. Rudenstinesaid he is confident that by then a steady streamof new supporters will have emerged...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A College No More, Radcliffe Eyes Donors | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

Rudenstine said the University has said it will appropriate some its own funds to offset any dips in donation over the next few years. Rudenstine said he is confident that by then a steady stream of new supporters will have emerged...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman and Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: After Merger, Radcliffe Turns to Donors | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...propeller isn't like a ship's screw, but becomes, in effect, a rotating wing, they used the data from their wind-tunnel experiments to design the first effective airplane props--a pair of 8-ft. propellers, carved out of laminated spruce, that turned in opposite directions to offset the twisting effect on the machine's structure. And when they discovered that a lightweight gas-powered engine did not exist, they decided to design and build their own. It produced 12 horsepower and weighed only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviators: THE WRIGHT BROTHERS | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

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