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...that just doesn't quite climax. Despite the chaos and turmoil sparked by their competition, there's just no real feeling of emotion involved. "Cheers" producers Glen Charles and Les Charles have presented an high-concept screenplay that seems inconclusive. The plot is lacking, but it's hard to pinpoint just what exactly it's missing. It's an irreverent look at the prevention of mid-air and mid-life collisions that becomes too predictable...

Author: By Angela Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Air Up There | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

There may also be a more cynical motivation behind all this news management: it allows the Pentagon and NATO to shield potentially embarrassing details about the war. Despite video footage showing pinpoint allied missile attacks, the military acknowledges that only a small percentage of NATO planes have dropped ordnance on their targets so far. And though the Pentagon declined to say last week what portion of the total NATO sorties had been flown by U.S. aircraft, most military observers believe Americans are doing as much as 80% of the dirty work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Media: Speak No Details | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...been even longer, but its completion was interrupted by World War II. So was Hubble's career. The ex-major signed on as head of ballistics at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. (At one point the eminent astronomer spent an afternoon test-firing bazookas, at great personal risk, to pinpoint a design flaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astronomer Edwin Hubble | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

After a few interminable minutes, the strangeness subsided, and the boys danced out in full trackpants-ed glory to "Here We Go." Their dancing was pinpoint perfection, the harmonies glorious, their faces shining beacons of perfection. They fed off the crowd's excitement and became impossible to resist...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'N SYNC in Concert | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...After a few interminable minutes, the strangeness subsided, and the boys danced out in full trackpants-ed glory to "Here We Go." Their dancing was pinpoint perfection, the harmonies glorious, their faces shining beacons of perfection. They fed off the crowd's excitement and became impossible to resist...

Author: By Marcelline Block, AND CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Visual Arts and Music | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

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