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...vocal range to our hearts without having to trouble with the language. Trouble is, "Always be My Baby" is exactly what you'll be expecting after a few minutes of listening, as Rainbow sounds a lot like Butterfly, her previous album. To the album's credit, Jay-Z, Usher, Snoop and Missy Elliott are featured, although Jay-Z seems to be wanting nave Annie-esque samples for counterpoint--not that Mariah sounds particularly world-weary when she sings about her "Heartbreaker" boyfriend. And Rainbow is so mainstream, so generic, that Snoop and Missy Elliott sound like animals in a porcelain...

Author: By Benjamin E. Lytal, | Title: Album Review: Rainbow by Mariah Carey | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...foreword to the published script of The Rainmaker, playwright N. Richard Nash advises, "It must never be forgotten that it is a romance, never for an instant by the director, the actors, the scenic designer or the least-sung usher in the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia." I can't vouch for the ushers at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City, who are no less surly than usual, but mostly this Broadway revival gets into the right spirit. The set, a swath of brown prairie dominated by an expanse of blue sky, seems ready at any moment to disgorge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Wet Weather: His vehicle leaks, but Woody Harrelson shines | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...Usher's roommates, three of whom were in the room when the alarm set off, were not so much scared as they were surprised...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, | Title: Fire Erupts Over Burnt Smores | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

...making a S'more" in a microwave oven, said Nikki B. Usher '03, referring to a snack that is made from melting marshmallow fluff and chocolate bars between two graham crackers...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, | Title: Fire Erupts Over Burnt Smores | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

...turned around for two minutes, and all of a sudden there was smoke and the alarm started," Usher said...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, | Title: Fire Erupts Over Burnt Smores | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

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