Word: topness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nevertheless, Brown boasts a top-notch rush defense that has held opposing running backs to less than 90 yards a game and is ranked eight in the nation...
...from the runways, overrun by Tom Ford and his new Gucci Empire. Others, however, like Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren have been left to feign acceptance, seeking solace in the profitably stream-lined second lines: DKNY, Emperio Armani/Armani Exchange (they're really the same), and Polo (on top of all those perfume sales...
...energy and heart, and it shows. Same for Jennifer Glick '00 (Hope Harcourt)--she starts out a little too plasticky for her character but warms to the task, and eventually shines during the jail scene. In Jac Huberman '01, the performance of Bonnie is made up for in vocal top-heaviness with well-played humor and a sophisticated intimacy with her unsophisticated character. And while the dancing of John Keefe '01 (Billy Crocker) makes one think Pacey Witter meets Carlton Banks meets a (very) immature Fred Astaire, he has great boyish vocals, and does extremely well with the hilarity...
Liebert Misses Distinction Between Rock, Top 40 Music...
...writing to protest Hugh Liebert's column ("The American Invasion," Oct. 26), where he laments the way American Top 40 music has corrupted global culture. Indeed, Top 40 music is often idiotic and profoundly uninteresting; however, Liebert makes the mistake of conflating Top 40 with rock music in general. Top-40 is produced and promoted by a few profit-seeking major record labels like RCA, Columbia, and Warner Brothers, which release same-sounding music in hopes of discovering the next big hit. This "rock star" approach is deeply at odds with a more vital function of rock music, that...