Word: steals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...White House, which means he won't be mooching off rich friends on Martha's Vineyard. "I bought Mar-a-Lago [a Palm Beach, Fla., estate], which Marjorie Merriweather Post willed to the government to be used by Presidents," he says. He brags he paid only $8 million, a steal at the time...
...Harvard's defense can keep the game close, the offense will have an excellent chance to steal the game for the Crimson...
...Steal My Sunshine" crew? You gotta be kidding me. But if there's anything Len excels at, it's defying expectations. They've got a female vocalist in a male-dominated genre, they've got white guys who rap, they put on a melodic show with turntables, not guitars, they've got a sugary pop single but prefer hip-hop beats and to top it all off, they're Canadian and they don't let you forget...
...crowd went in expecting sugary confections like the summer radio staple "Steal My Sunshine"--and it's pretty safe to assume it did--a surprise was waiting inside the Paradise. It began with Styles of Beyond, an underground hip-hop group from L.A. While DJ Cheapshot of SOB (an unfortunate self-inflicted acronym) laid down some tight beats, the audience seemed to be waiting for more radio-friendly action. Which is not to say that Styles of Beyond is that far from national exposure--MCs Ryu and Tak Bir's smooth rapping styles foretell a possible MTV explosion some time...
...stage, brother and sister Marc and Sharon were as disturbingly huggy as they are in the video for "Steal My Sunshine." Aside from that, the three guys scrambled around gamely, while Sharon was content to remain anchored in place while bobbing up and down. Len seemed genuinely shocked at their warm reception--in the encore Marc remarked that they usually don't have to come out again because, "we're running out the back 'cause they're chasing us away." I don't necessarily blame these hostile crowds--what if you went to Britney Spears and got Wu-Tang...