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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That's the kind of sound and sensibility to shore up rock's foundation, but Ken Barnes, editor of the trade magazine Radio & Records, suggests, "We may be seeing a fundamental, almost revolutionary shift in what exactly is the mainstream for pop music. New musical ideas continue to come from the inner city instead of rural areas." Pressed hard, Barnes will paint the musical future as "a fusion of dance, funk and rap," and admit, "Rock will never die, but it will become a minority music." Geffen Records president Eddie Rosenblatt scoffs at such predictions. "People have been saying rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Rock on a Fresh Roll | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...qualified to take over in the White House in the event of my death." That is a ceremonial lie. The choice of a vice- presidential running mate is a purely political calculation aimed at winning the November election. A presidential candidate looks for a complementary running mate, someone to shore up a weak side -- to lend geographical or ideological balance, for example. Conservative Californian Ronald Reagan picked Connecticut-Texas moderate George Bush. It may be a matter of ages, aesthetics, chemistry and coloring, as well as political alliances. Elder, moderate, military statesman Dwight Eisenhower chose younger, nastier, darker, feistier conservative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strange Destiny Of a Vice President | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

...consolidation would condense the three Elder Services Home Care programs in Boston, the South Shore program and the Cambridge-Somerville program into one office, which would probably be located in Boston. According to O'Neill, those five agencies are among the largest in the state, accounting for 25 percent of the Elder Affairs budget...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Elderly Service Consolidation Appears Imminent | 5/15/1991 | See Source »

...Diego two weeks ago after serving more than seven months in the Persian Gulf. Before heading out again, it might have to add an onboard nursery. Last week Navy officials confirmed that while the Acadia was at sea, 36 of the 450 women aboard were transferred to shore duty because they were pregnant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NAVY Not the Love Boat? | 5/13/1991 | See Source »

...which occurred around the same time. The breakup of a supercontinent such as this one, scientists believe, would trigger massive flooding of the continents and the creation of shallow coastal waters -- exactly the kind of spawning ground from which sea creatures first emerged and adapted to life on the shore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Antarctic Connection | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

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