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...hospitalized for exhaustion and Glitter flopped in a Waterworld-meets--Chris Gaines kind of way, Carey's record label paid her $28 million not to record with it again. This is pretty humiliating stuff, and Charmbracelet is not above begging for sympathy. Carey opens with Through the Rain, a somber ballad that reduces her formidable voice to a tentative little quaver. "I can make it through the rain, I can stand up once again," she sings. Never mind that Barry Manilow used these approximate lyrics in 1980's I Made It Through the Rain; Carey herself turned in almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Overdramatic Duo | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

Throughout the somber half-hour memorial service, sometimes interrupted by quiet sniffles from mourners, six speakers reflected on Smith’s vibrancy and outgoing nature...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt and Elisabeth S. Theodore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Memorial Honors Student | 12/12/2002 | See Source »

...Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby began the meeting on a somber note by reflecting on the life of Marian H. Smith ’04, who died Friday...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Faculty Discusses Speech | 12/11/2002 | See Source »

...There was nothing sparkling about his teaching. It was not somber, but serious. He taught how to take the history seriously and consider yourself in a kind of conversation with the great thinkers,” Cohen said...

Author: By Ella A. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Distinguished Philosopher, Professor Dies at 81 | 11/26/2002 | See Source »

...didn’t want to go out on a somber note,” said Palazzo “We wanted to go out the right way. You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you earn...

Author: By Sean W. Coughlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SILVER LINING: With gritty victory in 119th Game, Football salvages second place in Ivies | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

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