Word: vetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There they were, face to face, a pair of legends. Carlos Santana, guitar god, spiritual guy and Woodstock vet, whose once great career was sagging, and Arista Records whiz Clive Davis, who signed the 52-year-old axman just when it looked as if Santana's next starring gig might be at the discount racks. It was time to draw up a blueprint for a comeback album. "So," Davis asked, "what does Carlos Santana want to do?" It didn't take Santana long to answer. "Mr. Davis," he said, "I want to reconnect the molecules with the light...
...bidding war over him. But nothing in Hollywood interested Pritchard as much as the homeboys back at the hall. "If Mother Teresa had a kid with Jesse Ventura," says Robin Williams, who worked the same clubs as Pritchard back then, "you'd get Mike. He's this huge Vietnam vet with a big heart...
...would be one thing if the purpose of this rigmarole actually were to make sure students were qualified before giving them positions of responsibility. But as often as not, the process is unnecessary; it exists for its own sake, to give us another chance to evaluate, interview, rank, vet, accept and reject one another. Just like the old days...
...dramatically different visions of Iranian society," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "Second to Israel, Iran may still be the liveliest republican democracy in the Middle East." Even though the conservative Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini ? who controls the security forces, the broadcast media and the religious bodies that vet laws passed by parliament and candidates running for election ? is appointed for life by a closed group of clergy, he still depends to some extent on the illusion of popular consent. "Electoral defeats are deeply troubling to the conservatives," says Dowell. "And as veterans of a revolution that overthrew the autocratic...
...Because the best part is the beginning--when I'm sitting down writing the music with an acoustic guitar. There's so much feeling, so much chills. We wanted to get that across." To bring back the chills, the group brought in veteran producer Don Was (a respected studio vet who has worked with Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones) to help it capture the essence of the music, to strip away studio trickery and pop excess. The group has worked with outside producers before--Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of the rock group Talking Heads produced its 1988 album...