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...pilot announces our descent and we land at 7:50. My hopes for a smooth finale to our infernal voyage are rapidly extinguished. We taxi around for a bit, as if the plane needs more exercise. The depressed pilot says that Logan only has six gates for shuttles and that they are all occupied. A shuttle ahead of us waits for a gate as well. Risking a brouhaha, the pilot says that it could be another 15 to 30 minutes. The plane harmoniously sighs in unison and many break out cell phones to report the status of their misery...

Author: By Robert J. Saranchak, | Title: A Day With Little Giving of Thanks | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...family reunited plans to go skating as they used to before Tom's lapse into alcoholism. The disabilities that affect the family are also made visible in the kitchen walls, which are painted a strident yellow and stenciled with bunches of grapes. The alternation between light and dark is smooth, saving the spotlight for a great performance by the cast of Escape from Happiness...

Author: By Irina Serbanescu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Domestic Insanity in the Ex | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...forewarned that Kravitz's lyrics are profoundly uninspired at best ("You make my life complete/You make me feel so sweet"). But he makes up for it with strong vocals, great melodies and silky-smooth harmonies. In "Let Love Rule," Kravitz's voice is so enjoyable it takes you a while to realize that "Love transcends all space and time/And love can make a little child smile" is nonsensical schlock. And as you start to sing along, you might realize that you don't mind so much. B -Myung...

Author: By Arts Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Albums | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...expect and even admire from our family dog during Thanksgiving. While normally Thanksgiving is the most languid of all the holidays, consisting of heroic acts of gluttony followed by digestion-induced catatonia, I could always trust Sadie to pull some sort of caper that would derail the otherwise smooth-running family affair...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Canine Normalcy in 2000 | 11/28/2000 | See Source »

Democracy: The series has no smooth football star on trial for the murder of his beautiful wife, no American prince plunging his plane into the black waters off Martha's Vineyard and, so far, no Monica. Yet cable is getting sky-high ratings for the first time since Donato Dalrymple, the house cleaner-fisherman, hid Elian from Janet Reno's SWAT team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Spot the Characters? | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

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