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...Deller, who, starting in the mid-1940s, singlehandedly revived countertenor singing. Deller inspired Benjamin Britten to write the first countertenor role in a 20th century opera, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other singers began emulating Deller, and as the revival of interest in baroque opera picked up steam in the '70s, countertenors became popular once more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: He Sings Higher | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...Hopefully we can keep it going over the next couple of years," Stevens said. Unfortunately, experience warns that the pledge may lose steam over the years, she said...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors Agree to Work For Progressive Goals | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...struggling husband in 1994, Tipper hasn't been shy about telling her husband to snap out of it. And Tipper has been doing more than fixing things inside the Gore operation; she's also been fixing things on the outside. Just when Gore seemed to be running out of steam on the stump, Tipper has been pretty much everywhere, talking about Littleton on Larry King Live, acknowledging to USA Today and the Wall Street Journal that she has suffered from depression, traveling around the country to push mental-health reform. If it didn't have the look and feel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Tipper Effect | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...VIRTUA FIGHTER seem less violent and a lot less cowardly than the games that let players hide behind their guns. The TEKKEN series has all the choreographed beauty of a Hong Kong action flick and hardly any virtual blood. There are probably worse ways to let off steam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberguide | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson's individual steam quickly ranout, and Columbia came close to stealing the winin...

Author: By Christine Haggerty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Lax Edges Columbia, 6-5 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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