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...Black Planets. Regardless, everybody of course seated Brand Nu's beats, was amused by Derrick X's pre-B Real's nasalness and loved the Edie Brickell sample in "Slow Down"...but if you asked anybody whose lyrics was the tightest, they probably would've been like "Puba, home slice" or something funky fresh like that...

Author: By Andres A. Ramos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brand New Nubian | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...leads playing believable romantic roles. In one version of La Boheme, with Jane Eaglan as Mimi, the Met had to build a bed that sunk with her weight to help some of the extra bulk. Hoelterhoff fills the chapter out with a mock "Diva Diet," which begins with a slice of toast for breakfast and ends with an "entire frozen Sara Lee cheesecake" for a late-night snack...

Author: By Chad B. Denton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Dirt on Divas | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...Generational replacement, a.k.a. the grim reaper, each year removes the most civic-minded slice of the U.S. population," as veterans of the World War II era, who are more involved in politics, are replaced by apathetic Gen-Xers, he wrote in an e-mail message...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan and Vicky C. Hallet, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Apathy Keeps Students From Polls | 11/4/1998 | See Source »

...nearly doubled its market share in the past two years, to 4.1%--grabbing away business from No. 1 Pizza Hut and No. 3 Little Caesars and battling delivery king Domino's. Papa John's (1997 sales: $868 million) is the only one of the four largest pizza chains whose slice of the pie has grown at double-digit rates over the past five years. Profits? Papa John's earnings jumped 45% last year and are on track for at least a 30% increase in 1998, even as Schnatter opens units at the furious pace of a store a day. "Papa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slice, Dice and Devour | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Even if several new toys catch fire in the shopping season that is just starting, Toys "R" Us will have to fight harder than ever for its slice of the profit. Wal-Mart's share of the $35 billion toy-retailing industry has grown from 10% in 1990 to 16% this year; over the same period Target's share has more than doubled, to 7%. The discount stores use toys as "traffic builders," attracting families with low prices on popular toys and then making higher profits on such items as clothing and appliances. "Wal-Mart and Target carry only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turmoil in Toyland | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

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