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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...behaved better during the four-hour grilling before a Senate panel presided over by Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah--especially given the adversarial trap that had been set for him. Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building has seen its share of drama. But for sheer media mass--as measured by the number of cameras--Gates' first congressional testimony was great one-day theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Gates Goes To Washington | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

...native says, "from a little bit of gospel, a little bit of folk, to rock and R. and B. If I listened to polka, it would be on the record too." And the mix works. Her rock numbers, like the aching Keep It a Secret and the joyful Love Trap, have edge, and they have soul. At her best, she's a bit like Juliana Hatfield with a small injection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Down In The Groove | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

Skee-ball: 3,000 tickets win you a squirt gun, a spider ring, a plastic change purse, a cheap harmonica, a Chinese finger trap and her heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: groovy train | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

...should wait a couple of weeks to really find out what's up with Iraq. If they aren't hiding anything why wouldn't they let us in to look around the first time we asked? Finally he let us in to look around, but maybe this is a trap to kill us. Maybe they hid nuclear warheads or illegal weapons, and when we get there they launch them and kill us. The U.S.A should be very carefull while looking around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Wise Words on the Gulf Crisis From America's Children | 2/20/1998 | See Source »

...Well, anyone who admits to bringing a camera to Primal Scream has more to be ashamed of than you do. In the end, however, what emerges from the film accumulated by the Primal Paparazzi is a record of the streakers' triumph--their indifference to their audience's attempts to trap them as trophies to be tucked away in a drawer and pulled out on lonely nights. So if you're afraid that your beautiful bouncing body could end up violated, processed and produced, only to be downloaded off the Internet by some 13-year-old in Saginaw, the answer...

Author: By Joel B. Pollak, | Title: Running Proud | 2/4/1998 | See Source »

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