Word: performances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jerrys--Krause and Reinsdorf, vice president and chairman of the team--present TIM FLOYD, a college coach and fishing buddy of Krause's with no NBA experience, not as the new coach but as the director of basketball operations. This means that Phil Jackson could theoretically come back and perform his Zen magic on the Bulls. If he comes back, so will Michael Jordan, who has vowed never to work for "Pink," as he calls Floyd. If Jordan comes back, Scottie Pippen might too. However, Jackson has made it pretty clear that he won't come back. Maybe the Jerrys...
Transgenders faced practical obstacles to organizing themselves separately. Most couldn't simply dress as a member of the opposite sex without getting beaten or fired. Many felt pressured to undergo expensive genital and cosmetic operations, which doctors wouldn't perform unless the patients also underwent years of psychiatric treatment. After the surgery, some had to move to find a new job and start a new life. Political organizing was a luxury...
...Marine Band has played at the inauguration of every President since Thomas Jefferson (he gave it the name "the President's own"), and both George Washington and Adams earlier heard it perform. In 1848, when a wagon hauling the 24,500-lb. cornerstone of the Washington Monument broke through a bridge, the Marine Band hurried to the site and, by that day's accounts, played "spirited melodies" to inspire the workmen...
...Dupri, like Sean ("Puffy") Combs before him, is about to take the biggest risk of his professional career and step out from the safety of his studio. Like Puffy, he has been known primarily as a producer, but on July 21, Dupri will showcase his talents as a rapper-performer and release Life in 1472, his debut solo album. Well, it's sort of a solo album; hedging his bets, Dupri's CD features an impressive array of already successful guest performers, including rappers Snoop Doggy Dogg, Mase and Lil Kim, as well as R.-and-B. singers Carey, Usher...
...Life in 1472, Dupri proves he can perform as well as produce--his rapping is relaxed but engaging. The CD's best cut is Sweetheart, Dupri's duet with Carey. Her lilting, soulful voice is a good match for his prodding raps. Much of the CD, however, is tainted with misogyny; the word bitch poisons many tracks. It's a relief when rapper Da Brat, on the war-between-the-sexes song, All That's Got to Go, shows up to defend women and fire shots at pushy "players...