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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...More political but equally grabby is Don Dinero, the Aterciopelados's stinging critique of society's obsession with money. Buitrago's groovy bass is mixed with blaring Mexican trumpets, a touch of reverberating accordion and some twangy sounds imported from India - all while Echeverri innocently croons: "Don Dinero how I love you/Don Dinero you are the main guy." In the same vein is Oye Mujer, a pop song that takes on the idea of the over-sexualized woman. "Sex object, piece of meat with a Barbie complex," growls Echeverri in the chorus. It sounds earnest, but it isn't. Both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia's Hottest Rock Band | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

...they were up against Firefox's very successful earlier versions, so they plucked a few key elements for the IE7 design. For starters, the navigation bar of the browser takes up very little room, allowing more space for the websites themselves. The familiar buttons-refresh, home, favorites and one-touch print-are all nestled in, but when you start it up, IE7 doesn't display the "menu bar," containing all of the deeper options people tend not to use on a daily basis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Two Browsers are Better than One | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

...screenings of his films, he won’t make it to the United States. Brooke Holgerson, Editorial Assistant for the HFA, explains that “[Dvortsevoy] didn’t fill out all the [visa] paperwork in time, and he’s hard to get in touch with because he’s so far away, so it just didn’t work out.” He is currently in Kazakhstan working on his next project, but the films will be screened as planned. Holgerson further says, “It’s disappointing...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kazakh Film at Archive | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...fact, suffers from a common malady among Hollywood elites: an inability to recognize that actors and singers are meant to act and sing, not to pontificate on the political matters of the day. Most who try to cross over into politics end up looking foolish and out of touch with the nation...

Author: By Charles R. Drummond iv | Title: Unfunny Girl | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...second annual National Leadership Index, a study commissioned by U.S. News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, revealed falling confidence in the nation’s leadership, as well as growing concern that politicians are not in touch with the people’s needs...

Author: By Yelena S. Mironova, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Public Lacks Trust in Leaders | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

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