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...releases a November album for the third consecutive year with S & M, a live recording of the epic concert they held with the San Francisco Symphony last April. It's a risky experiment, but the double disc, which sprawls over 21 tracks, shows that the gambit paid off. The sheer lyrical power of the orchestra blends seamlessly with Metallica's music to staggering effect, as the booming brass and ghostly strings give songs like "Wherever I May Roam" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" eerie new dimensions. Blistering epics like "Bleeding Me" and "The Outlaw Torn" become even more grandiose...

Author: By William Gienapp, | Title: Album Review: S & M by Metallica and the SFSO | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...with his touch; his hand starts to glow with a mystical light, and his healings are nothing short of miraculous. His touch cures Edgecomb's urinary tract infection and revives a dead Mr. Jingles, and his power is so strong that light bulbs in his proximity shatter before the sheer concentrated energy. After each healing, the harmful spirits, in the form of a black swarm, are coughed up and released from Coffey's mouth. (Willing suspension of disbelief? Sure, why not.) Convincing his fellow guards of John's powers, Edgecomb arranges to have John secretly brought to the terminally...

Author: By By RICHARD Ho, | Title: A Man, a Mouse, a Mile, Panama | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...others. He sees the violent thoughts within the deranged Wild Bill, and is repulsed by the realization that there is more to his murderous past than he is letting on. In Percy (perhaps the most despicably obnoxious character ever to grace the silver screen), he recognizes the arrogance and sheer malice that is most intensely manifested in his cruelty towards the inmate Eduard Delacroix. First, he breaks his fingers with his billy club; then, he crushes Mr. Jingles beneath his boot, necessitating John's magic to bring him back; and, most horribly of all, he neglects to wet the sponge...

Author: By By RICHARD Ho, | Title: A Man, a Mouse, a Mile, Panama | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...sheer numbers we're going to be a lot stronger," co-captain...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Lewis and Timothy M. Martin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Men's, Women's Swimming Looking to Make a Splash | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

...even if certain patterns have emerged in the Weissman program, the sheer diversity of individual experiences appears in the stories brought back from abroad by the interns who participated in the program...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weissmans World | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

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