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...religious concerns in lyrics that are by turns inscrutable and revealing. On one song, The Way, NdegeOcello sings, "They say you're the way the light/The light is so blinding/Your followers condemn me your words used to enslave me." Her bitter words are a sharp contrast to the agreeably slick, burbling, bass-heavy groove of the music. On some of the other songs, though, one wishes NdegeOcello's music were as fiery as her lyrics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: THE SAVIOURS OF SOUL? | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

Overnight, Harvard created a slick, speedy attack to complement its stalwart defense and rock-solid net-minder Rob Lyng...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revenge of the Nerds | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...downright sinful if they weren't being done in the name of the Lord. All this is no accident--gospel by its very form has the power to take worldly emotions and transform them into something sacred, something uplifting. Unfortunately, much of what passes for gospel today is too slick, too processed, too angelically artificial to tap into the essential emotions and sublime passions that are provoked by the genre's original, rootsier form. There's no salvation to be found in daintiness. If you want to baptize someone in the spirit, you've got to get your hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: CISSY HOUSTON: MOTOWN WITH ANGELS' WINGS | 4/8/1996 | See Source »

Then, all of a sudden, my representative in Washington was whisked away from me, and slick-haired Richie Neal--a Democrat, yes, but no Olver--was now my representative. In spite of the hopeful fact that a new party was also on the brink of winning the presidency for the first time since I was almost too small to remember, Weld's move shook me. It was that easy for the governor to render months, even years, of grassroots organizing in Northampton--Olver's stronghold and home base--completely useless at the following election. While Weld's move didn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Volunteering Beats Voting | 4/4/1996 | See Source »

...thought your vote would help. But as much as you may whine about who's in office (and by all means you should whine if you feel that way), single mothers and immigrant families at Boston housing projects won't hear your--or my--complaints about gerrymandering or slick hair. They will hear us better, I think, if we--while learning ourselves from their own unique perspectives--offer to share our knowledge of the English language, or resume-writing, or basic computer skills, with them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Volunteering Beats Voting | 4/4/1996 | See Source »

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