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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...settle for anger and self-loathing. Because it's better than feeling nothing, than living in '70s suburban Michigan and not meaning shit to anybody, even yourself. That was Iggy 30 years ago; Iggy now is "Behind the Music." So now Iggy's on stage and 50 and performing the same songs he was then. Sure, the band's lousy and thrusts every single great song they perform through a meat grinder which turns'em into generic hard rock, but still: "Raw Power," "Search and Destroy," "I Wanna Be Your Dog," "No Fun," "T.V. Eye," "Lust for Life," "The Passenger...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Concert Review: Pop Goes the Rock Star | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

Sullivan, whose son, Michael Jr., is 11 months old, seems to care the most about education. He says that the city needs to beef up the schools that do not perform well so that all children can receive a good education...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, -- | Title: City Council Notepad: Michael Sullivan | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

...only freshmen point guard, there is a lot of pressure to perform as the heir apparent to the Tim Hill dynasty...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cleaning House: Seven Fresh Faces Grace M. Hoops Roster | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

Wampler and her students illustrate the latest math concept in elementary education: kindergarten = first grade. Kindergarten--so fondly remembered by baby boomers for show-and-tell and building blocks--has changed. Standardized curriculum and testing in primary schools are causing what educators call "push-down" academics. The need to perform well on tests filters down, landing on the youngest learners. As a result, kindergartners spend less time on social skills while interacting with one another in the "dress-up corner" or building wood-block skyscrapers. They spend more time sitting still, listening to the teacher and drilling on the basics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kinder Grind | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...hours a day and really couldn't take more than about seven minutes of my parents. This may be because they rarely mentioned spanking, which, according to Dr. Spock, was actually a good thing. I was so enthralled with Howard, I even went with my father to see him perform at a New Jersey nightclub called Club Bene. With parenting like that, you can understand why I turned to the Sterns as role models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to Stern | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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