Word: rain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pants are Gap Chinos, Banana Republic shirt, Polo Ralph Lauren tie, a Hugo Boss jacket and I think this is an Emporio Armani rain--coat. Socks are Calvin Klein. Underwear is Calvin Klein. And the shoes are Armani. The watch is actually Guess...
Outside the medical complex, his family was mobbed by the Jordanian people, wishing them health and comforting them. Thousands stood outside in the rain over the weekend, praying for the king and holding giant paintings of their leader, who spent 47 years on the throne. Maybe these outpourings of grief come as no surprise, but the echo here in Israel--the way people have gathered around radios to hear the developments, the statements of sympathy the politicians have made--reflects an uncommon respect among the Israeli people for this former enemy who had become a dear friend. King Hussein demonstrated...
...steady rain falls all the way home, and the snow and ice fade into darkness again. Mrs. Rosado looks out the window in silence, hiding what she needs to out there. And then her thoughts drift to next week's visit with...
...devil at the crossroads. Then the jazz age: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and, later on, Benny Goodman and "Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees." Midcentury, things start to rock with Chuck Berry, "Wop-bop-a-loo-bop a-lop bam boom!" the Beatles, Aretha Franklin, "a hard rain's a-gonna fall," Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder. It might be better to forget the '80s--the posturing heavy-metal bands, Debbie Gibson, "Let's get physical--physical," the guy with the haircut in Flock of Seagulls. Perhaps the remembered sounds of R.E.M., U2 and Prince can drown them...
...more creative wing of performers in hip-hop will form a support network. "There are some people in hip-hop that care about leaving a mark," he says. "There are some of us that look at Innervisions as a benchmark, or Blood on the Tracks or Blue or Purple Rain. Leaving a mark is more important than getting a dollar. I think Lauryn's album is one of the first gunshots of hip-hop art the world is gonna...