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...shamelessly bouncy first single, Wannabe, has already debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard chart, tying a record set by Alanis Morissette for the highest debut ever for a single by a new act, and is climbing rapidly. The group's relentless musical onslaught resembles the onrush of the half-humanoid, half-machine Borg in Star Trek. The Spice Girls, with their mix of semifeminist values (motto: "Girl Power!") and robotic dance beats, keep pushing forward, demanding that listeners love them, join them. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated...
...next two pieces do not live up to theballet as a whole, either. "Trust" and "Baby I'm aStar" feature the same dancers in a jazz segmentthat seems more inspired by the likes of "SaturdayNight Fever." The onrush of swinging hips severelycontradicts the dancers' classic appearances,especially of the women, en point and hair pulledinto tight buns. The dancers stream across thestage with impressive leaps and astound theaudience with lifts more characteristic of "StarSearch" dance competitions...
Those who consider foreign policy to be more than 50 percent of the chief executive's job might disagree. After all, as many argue, a supposedly brilliant man like Roosevelt might have done something about the onrush of war in Europe had he not been so wrapped up in domestic affairs. However, as can be seen from the fact that patriotism has become a major issue in a presidential election, our leader must be committed to minister to his own people first...
...observer learns all this by interviewing a plate of superior grilled snapper at an amiable neighborhood restaurant called La Riviera, out in the 'burbs of Jefferson Parish. The snapper is the liveliest football interview in a town that has other important matters, such as the onrush of Mardi Gras, on its mind. "Joe Billy," the observer asked, "how will Elway do against the nickel, three pennies, car keys and a couple pieces of pocket-lint defense...
Though distant and grainy, this photograph of a Chinese man standing down a tyrannical regime is the most extraordinary image of the year. It is flesh against steel, mortality against the onrush of terror, the very stuff of courage. TIME presents 20 pages of other amazing pictures from a most astounding year...