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Caroline Hall and Randall Jaynes, playing the title characters Bette and Boo, make a convincingly disfunctional couple. Hall in particular shines as the wistful Bette, a woman whose surface seems trite but who claims a deeply troubled and romantic interior. Perhaps the most touching scene in the play is a...

Author: By Erin E. Billings, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In `Bette and Boo,' Everything's Relative | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

Unfortunately, nothing on her new album comes close to this honesty and originality. Instead, as in much of her recent work, Mitchell writes trite stories of unconvincing relationships and reserves her passion to bemoan the corruption of society. All this isn't so much unpleasant as just plain flimsy. The...

Author: By Jared S. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Turbulent 'Tiger' Just Can't Burn Bright | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

Yesterday, Donnan made a thoroughly unconvincing effort to downplay his feud with Fulmer.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Dawgs To Settle Score with Vols | 10/7/1998 | See Source »

It is commonly thought that by the time the Beatles arrived in the U.S., rock-'n'-roll music, an uproarious sound forged by such pioneers as Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Elvis Presley, had all but died out, leaving the charts littered with such unconvincing rock-lite commodities as Frankie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rock Musicians THE BEATLES | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

Suddenly, the fire alarm began its high caterwauling screech. An instant later, we, the Luau crew, protected from the elements only by aloha shirts, shorts, slippers, and a few layers of delicate flower leis, were asked to leave the building and brave the 20 degree weather. We trembled outside for...

Author: By Breeze K. Giannasio, | Title: A FIRST-HAND REPORT FROM THE MIT LUAU | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

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