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This did not present a problem. That night, the crowd— fresh-faced and soft-butch, sporting horn-rimmed glasses and carefully bedraggled coiffures—was frequently reduced to whispers amid thundering drum solos, only to be thrust back into blissful tumult by exploding guitars and vocals...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pretty in Punk | 10/17/2002 | See Source »

...decision is usually the hardest one. And the hardest decisions are often the least popular at the time. We are at our best when at our boldest." His basic message: I will do what I think best. Illogically, it brought the house down. Which was nothing compared to the tumult Clinton sparked. His rock-star magnetism lives: everywhere he went, delegates mobbed him to get a handshake or an autograph, and just like old times, he charmed the locals on a late-night run to McDonald's. After warmup music that included (to sniggers from the audience) Kiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Friends In Need | 10/6/2002 | See Source »

...vogue when school prayer was disallowed; the OED’s next citation is from a 1962 article in the Washington Post: “A moment of silence...Would it be possible and acceptable to have each school day commence with a quiet moment that would still the tumult of the playground and start a day of study?” Enforced moments of silence have enjoyed popularity as a sort of ersatz school prayer ever after: A recent Oklahoma law mandates a daily moment of silence in all public schools...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: Silenced We Stand | 10/1/2002 | See Source »

...covers devoted to 9/11 and its consequences, ranging from anthrax to Afghanistan, from George W. Bush to a prescient FBI agent in Minnesota named Coleen Rowley. In each case we tried to give you a front-row seat to history, breaking news and making sense out of tumult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Covering the Story | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

Spanning the hills of the southern subcontinent, the vast coffee plantations of India's Coorg region are tranquil sanctuaries known mainly to those who work the land. A half-day bus ride from the nearest airport at Bangalore?and generations removed from the congested tumult of India's other population centers?Coorg is a destination for travelers who prefer their sojourns to be sleepily decaffeinated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Hallowed (Coffee) Grounds | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

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