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Ronnie had a weird natural vibrato - almost a tremolo, really - that modulated her little-girl timbre into something that penetrated the Wall of Sound like a nail gun. It is an uncanny instrument. Sitting on a ragged couch in my railroad flat, I could hear her through all the arguments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obsessionist | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

A ragged bunch of toughs sit around their hirsute, half-crazed leader. They are drinking alcohol, laughing raucously and enjoying the terror of their hostages, who are huddled together, fearing almost certain death. Suddenly, the leader raises his hand; his followers fall silent. All they can hear is the sounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Real-Life Drama | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

Junior co-captain Kaj Vazales provided the lone bright spot for the Crimson in the season finale. Vazales led the tournament after the first round but lost the lead during round two after struggling with the ragged course conditions.

Author: By Derek J. Kaufman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Golf Double-Bogeys Season Finale | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

But there was always Schulz. "Peanuts" was his life, and we followed its arc in the lines he drew for the strip: Tentative at first, in "Li'l Folks," the proto-"Peanuts" comic started for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1947; bold, strong and in control it its 1960s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charles Schulz: The Brilliance of Consistency | 2/13/2000 | See Source »

The closing scene is so treacly and trite that it verges on being offensive. The young Frank McCourt, a fresh-faced Irishman with high hopes for the future, is looking out from a boat onto the Statue of Liberty--his first look at the beloved United States for which he...

Author: By Myung Joh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Mangles McCourt's Memoir | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

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