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...case in point is the first track, "Everything in its Right Place," which, contrary to what the title suggests, is a gentle-sounding, amorphous mass of pipe-organ, electronic speech manipulation and heartbeat-like pulse pierced by Thom Yorke's familiar wail...

Author: By Thalia S. Field, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Future Shock: 'Kid A' | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

...almost to the garage when the radio crackles with a fresh report. Again a suspicious person is reported in the Mallinckrodt lab area. The lights flash and sirens wail anew. The description is the same as earlier. This time, the report is about five minutes old. The voice on the radio tingles with excitement...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 24 Hours with HUPD | 9/15/2000 | See Source »

...Quesada leaps from the stage at Papantla, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, wiping beads of sweat off his mustache with a bandanna he keeps stuffed in the back pocket of his jeans. Suddenly, he's mobbed like a Mexican rock star, one of those angry norteno balladeers who wail about shame and betrayal. At 6 ft. 5 in. in his cowboy boots, Fox, the presidential candidate of the conservative National Action Party (P.A.N.), towers above everybody, even his bodyguards. He moves toward a blue Suburban, through a press of sweating, grinning fans shouting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bionic Candidate | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

...step up their preparation to tailor their knowledge to the test, they said they found it hard to believe that anyone would steal the laptop just to obtain questions like the following: "It is 1937 and you are a young jitterbug. You'd like to jive (and possibly wail) to the latest 'killer-dillers' at the hottest Harlem dance spot. Where would you be likely...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Swing' Shares Final After TF's Laptop Stolen | 5/19/2000 | See Source »

COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU For new parents, a night at the movies usually means a video rental. Noisy babies are not the most welcome seat fillers at most movie houses, and families are often asked to leave at the first wail. But a growing number of theaters are accommodating parents who want a first-run film experience complete with big screen, Dolby sound and children. The Sonoma Cinemas chain has created soundproof glass rooms in the back of theaters for families. And the independent Parkway Theater in Oakland, Calif., is credited with the creation of "cry nights," special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: May 8, 2000 | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

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