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Solve this noirish embezzlement mystery, and you may win a million bucks. That's a reason to tune in (make it $2 million, and I'll watch E.R.!). But the reason to stick with it is to see if this ambitious but self-conscious series becomes more than the sum of its affectations--flat line readings, characters with names like Mr. Smooth, precious tilted-camera shots to remind you how weird it all is. The producers (including writer-producer Ben Affleck) seem to want to use the contest as bait to draw viewers to a genuinely different kind of series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Push, Nevada | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

With a hoarse voice, bags under his eyes and a wide smile, Barrios danced, hugged and greeted hundreds of supporters by name last night to the upbeat tune of Ricky Martin’s “La Vida Loca” at the Sheraton-Commander hotel ballroom...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Barrios Defeats Galluccio | 9/18/2002 | See Source »

...classic Flying Home. In 1997, two days before he was awarded the National Medal of Arts, Hampton's New York City apartment caught fire, and he lost most of his memorabilia. Undaunted, he still made it to Washington to pick up his medal and even played a tune on the vibes. It was a fitting grace note. --By David E. Thigpen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 16, 2002 | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

They had marched down avenues, over bridges and on ferries to converge on Ground Zero. And as they descended the ramp to the floor of the seven-story-deep pit, their bagpipes wailed out the tune of “America the Beautiful...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Mourners Gather At Ground Zero On Anniversary | 9/13/2002 | See Source »

...People Get Ready, masterfully riffing off of familiar melodies. They don't nail every song--their take on Prince's The Cross is stiff--but their honey-and-gravel voices are never predictable. They're always hunting for--and finding--the perfect note or harmony that lifts an old tune into the sublime. --By Benjamin Nugent

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Higher Ground | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

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