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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that dealing with situations like this really requires special training," she says. "Every member is trained to deal with explosives, every member has medical training, and the team trains year-round. The close-quarter combat skills you need to handle something like Littleton have to be constantly kept sharp." Local SWAT teams like Littleton's, by contrast, tend to train once a month. Equipment and specialized training varies wildly from team to team, and indeed the Littleton team did not have explosives training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWAT Team Finds Itself in a Sore Spot | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

Weezer, the mid 90s staple in alternateen garage rock, has returned in its alter-ego form, The Rentals, and this time the results are promising. In Seven More Minutes, headman Matt Sharp convincingly demonstrates a wealth of creativity and originality underutilized in his subdued role as bassist and back-up vocalist for Weezer. The Rentals' first album, a minimally successful self-titled release, contained the primordial elements of electronically influenced guitar rock in the radio hits "Friends of P." and "Move On" that are fully realized here. Sharp's nonchalant vocals and silly lyrics are melodiously complemented by the omnipresent...

Author: By By CHRIS R. blazejewski, | Title: Album Review: Seven More Minutes by The Rentals | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

Weezer, the mid 90s staple in alternateen garage rock, has returned in its alter-ego form, The Rentals, and this time the results are promising. In Seven More Minutes, headman Matt Sharp convincingly demonstrates a wealth of creativity and originality underutilized in his subdued role as bassist and back-up vocalist for Weezer. The Rentals' first album, a minimally successful self-titled release, contained the primordial elements of electronically influenced guitar rock in the radio hits "Friends of P." and "Move On" that are fully realized here. Sharps' nonchalant vocals and silly lyrics are melodiously complemented by the omnipresent, wispy...

Author: By Chris Blazejewski, | Title: The Rentals Seven More Minutes Maverick | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...Mostly, I fell asleep behind the wheel." Perfect. We roll out of Cambridge close to midnight as a cloud of fog begins to descend on I-95. Daniel is looking sharp and alert behind the wheel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Fame in the Name | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...wanderer learns a lot about prairie dogs, which are in sharp decline and should be listed as threatened, says the World Wildlife Fund www.panda.org) And about the last Congress, which was insufficiently environmental, according to the League of Conservation Voters www.lcv.org) I download a superb four-part, college-level course on the ozone hole from the University of Cambridge (www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/index.html). And I am assured by www.eco.freedom.org/unibomb.htm that Bill Clinton and Al Gore are environmentalists (a deniable charge, surely) and in league with Earth First! and the Unabomber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost In Cyberspace | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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