Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...council voted last night to spend $969 on avictory party in Loker Commons, which will featurea "battle of the bands" along with pizzas, chips,soft drinks and hot chocolate...
...spending money on new equipment," he says. And after two years in which Griffith built two new plants and invested some $3.5 million in new manufacturing capacity, the company is considering a layoff of some of the 450 people who work at its 11 locations. "This is the soft underbelly of the world economy," says Laney. "Recessions that occur far away affect us. We have all learned to be good exporters. I think we're all going to suffer...
There are, of course, perils to the sexual preoccupation that makes Armand so enjoyable, much of the disadvantage having to do with the evaluation of Rice as a serious writer. The Vampire Armand, I realized, has to be the literary equivalent of soft-core pornography. While none of the sex is gratuitous, it is still so prevalent that it overshadows the plot and weakens attempted interjections of the story amid the sex. Rice catches herself in a paradox--bringing readers in with the skillful language of her sex scenes and then losing their interest when she uses that writing...
...LittlePill that Alanis could jump musical genreboundaries. In fact, the debut album was sooverwhelmingly popular because all eleven tracksseemed to flow out of each other without theslightest resistance or change. But SFIJhas major surprises in store. Can you imagine howAlanis Morissette--supposed queen of angst--wouldsound tackling R&B soft ballads, or even "dancey"techno? Not only is she versatile enough toexperiment within these genres, but she is alsocapable of combining them to create genre-bustingnew sounds...
...creative outlets. Much like thehidden number on Jagged Little Pill, thesong asks seemingly apologetic questions to aformer lover: "Are you still mad that I kicked youout of bed? / Are you still mad I gave youultimatums? / Are you still mad I had an emotionalaffair?" After a series of these soft,rhythmically soothing questions, she answers themwith a reverberating "Of course you are." And sheends it at that. Instead of becoming angry,instead of raging about revenge and injustice,Alanis wisely refuses to explain herself...