Word: ultra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...half as inspiring. The Pixies are a thinking person's "alternative;" lyrics are acrostic or contain the first theramin since the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." Their concerts, from their beginnings in Boston, often included over 40 songs in a set. It's not so much that's they're ultra-prolific, but to take only a handful of their already short songs and call it representative does a great disservice to their oeuvre...
Some more bizarre risk-taking that ends up paying off is Hatfield's employment of ultra hardcore bass grooves strongly reminiscent of the scary-intense work of shock-metal band Tool. On "Give Me Some Of That," Hatfield breaks out some heavy fuzz bass that will blow away anyone expecting sugary pop--or any pop at all. The newly-30 Hatfield makes it frighteningly easy to identify with her rage at the loss of youth: "If I had/half of what you had/I would be so/so fucking glad...
...Although a routine toxicology report will be performed by police, the investigation will likely center on Denver's broken exchange with the air traffic tower and on the plane engine ? which has been recovered, and may corroborate witness speculation that the ultra-light Long EZ had mechanical trouble before its descent...
...spoke, so do your part to help me. At the same time, the posters, with their message directed solely at the Asian audience, deterred many potential donors who might otherwise have registered their tissue types in the drive. The drive did not discriminate against white students, as some ludicrous ultra-conservative characters have charged; anyone was allowed to register at the drive. But many people felt unwelcome at the drive simply because they were not Asian...
...Yale Five to live at home, Yale could open itself up to many objections to their new rule that would create philosophical and moral quandaries for all involved. Who may judge whether one student's unease is more or less valid than another's? If next year, five ultra-Catholic students wish to live at home because the gay students in their dorm make them feel uncomfortable, would that be O.K.? And what if the religion is newer and more obscure than Judaism or Christianity? It would fall upon administrators to judge the validity of moral beliefs and compare...