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Dates: during 1990-1999
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True, Madonna is a shameless, shamefulappropriator. But she still is relevant (though noone can explain why), perhaps more so now thanever before. There is no better proof of this thanher newest piece of pop culture, her contributionto Geisha-rama--her newest video from Ray ofLight, "Nothing Really Matters" (which sheperformed lamely in Geisha garb at the GrammysWednesday night...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, | Title: THE VIDEO: NOTHING REALLY MATTERS | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

Memorial Hall Tower Is Proof Of Misguided Priorities

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...wrongly convicted inmates. Recently, Anthony Porter, an inmate on death row in Illinois, was freed merely two days before execution after a group of journalism students sought out and found the real killer. According to the Associated Press, Cellucci said the fact that Porter wasn't executed was proof the system works. The governor doesn't seem to realize that this kind of argument--that because private citizens took action to save a death row inmate, the death penalty system works--is completely absurd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cellucci's Capital Error | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

...dietary supplement, the FDA requires proof that the substance does not harm a user, but there need be no evidence of the benefits...

Author: By Eric M. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS Study Focuses On `Andro' | 2/23/1999 | See Source »

...sense that allows him to hold his own with the great man and slyly enrich himself under Darwin's nose by selling rare animals to London collectors. Like the fantastic tortoises they encounter in the Galapagos, servant and master are perfectly adapted to their respective niches in the world, "proof that God's hand sizzled here with one thing, there with another, and the chambers of his gallery were infinite in their on-going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Survival of the Finest | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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