Word: uplifts
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...lose faith in ourselves. No matter how fast the modems or how great the bandwidth, certain human traits will never change. Men and women will still struggle to understand each other. We will still worry about what influences our kids, look for leaders to guide us wisely, seek spiritual uplift and leisure downtime. In this, the second installment of TIME's series of questions for the 21st century, we focus on how we will live, work and play in the years to come. Technology will change much, to be sure, but most intriguing will be watching how we harness...
...dotcoms and their Net-infrastructure brethren have proved immune to higher rates. How else can you explain the NASDAQ's 80% increase, the greatest uplift in any U.S. average's history, in light of the major interest-rate rises of 1999? Put simply, any Fed moves to tighten may set off a further stampede into the hottest stocks around...
...President" instantly became a hip-hop classic. Although The Master, his second solo release doesn't match the freshness and energy of that early work, Rakim's rich-as-gold rhymes are as smooth and full of groove as ever. He flows effortlessly in funky tracks like "Uplift" and "All Night Long," and his silver-tongued baritone plays skillfully against Nneaka Morton's soft vocals in "I'll Be There." But it's in "When I Be On Tha Mic" that Rakim proves he is still master of tight verbal syncopation, complex rhyme schemes, and unforgettable lines: "DJs display tricks...
...Every other city we go, every other video. No matter where I go, I see the same ho." There are some women who are kind of ho-ish. But there are Tupac songs that uplift women: "Daddy's all gone and he left you by your lonesome. Thank the lord for my kids even if nobody else wants em. But you can make it. So stand up, Stand tall...
...Backstreet Boys, it courageously dares to not pander to radio. The album has an organic feel, with little of the machine-like velocity and crushing density of Spiral. Reznor leaves breaks in the sonic wall this time, allowing the songs to breathe. He drives home a subtle message of uplift by filling the open spaces with soft, surprising textures rarely found in rock: cellos, violins, a ukulele here and there, and a tinkling piano--many of those played by Reznor himself, who also does most of the singing...