Word: turner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...money," said Theron Turner, 28, an account rep for a Los Angeles payroll service...
...Brian Turner, president of Priority Records, a hip-hop label whose roster includes Ice Cube, says hip-hop, once called a fad, is now an essential part of American culture. "The hip-hop industry, in general, is stronger than it's ever been, in terms of units sold, in terms of the number of releases," says Turner. "Rap has proved itself to be the rock 'n' roll of the '90s." And today's hot rockers--Beck, Korn, even, to a certain extent, Alanis Morissette--often draw on hip-hop rhythms and attitude...
...were confined to their homes, two detectives returned to the scene where Ryan Harris was found. "People don't want to believe it's babies [that committed the crime], but it's babies," says Detective Stanley Turner of the Chicago police department. "We don't want to believe it, but if it's true, it's true." So what were the detectives doing back in the neighborhood? "We're making sure it's airtight, that's what we're doing," he said...
...some don't. Bassett does. She animates and elevates her roles with fire, precision, suavity. And she accomplishes her little miracles in showcases that few would mistake for film art. What's Love Got to Do With It, for which Bassett earned an Academy Award nomination as Tina Turner, and Waiting to Exhale, a $67 million hit that forced Hollywood to notice the box office appeal of middle-class black movies, had their value as consciousness-raising exercises for women, but they turned too many characters into cliches. Which makes Bassett's work even more impressive. In the middle...
Consumer advocates are worried that if Texas prevails, suits in other states will follow. "The truth is that millions of Americans are priced out of the legal system," says attorney James Turner, executive director of HALT (Help Abolish Legal Tyranny), a consumer group that works for the reform of legal practices. "Texas is endangering the rights of its citizens to get accurate, timely information that can help them handle their own legal problems...