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...Around this time a new wave of video wizards appeared on the scene: there was Hype Williams, who directed videos by Missy Elliott ("The Rain - Supa Dupa Fly") and Mary J. Blige ("Everything"). There was the elegantly creepy work of Floria Sigismondi who directed videos for shock-rocker Marilyn Manson (one featured him shaving his own armpit) and trip-hopper Tricky. And there was also prankster auteur Spike Jonze, the man behind Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" (a video that explodes into a technicolor musical), the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" (a take-off on '70s TV cop shows...
...security checker to see. In both cases, the guards were nonplussed, and I had to lie about their reactions to make the article entertaining. A few years later, now a seasoned editor of the magazine, I constantly kicked myself for not thinking of additional ways to shock and confuse the library checkers. More food—hot food. Tennis balls that rolled out all over the checker desk and floor. A diorama-like setup of a miniature living room, with small figurines sitting around a coffee table, reading miniature books, that I would insist the security guard check...
...vote, called for Kosovo's full independence "as soon as possible." But U.N. officials said the province will remain part of Serbia until a political settlement can be reached. In the meantime, it will continue to be administered by the U.N., in tandem with the new assembly. MACEDONIA Shock Waves The fragile peace process received further setbacks after a bomb exploded in the border town of Tetevo and the main ethnic Macedonian party, the Social Democratic Alliance, withdrew from the governing coalition. The blast went off outside the office of the E.U.'s monitoring mission on the eve of excavations...
...What's changed? After a short-term shock, insurers are set to enjoy what the independent Association of Lloyd's Members newsletter said may be a "historic opportunity for profitable underwriting...
...report didn?t seem to shock Wall Street; Friday trading saw the Dow and S&P up slightly and the Nasdaq inched downward into negative territory...