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Maybe it was the multiple concussions I had likely suffered from my involuntary cranial thrusts, but, as the warp speed portion of my ride progressed, I began to relax and enjoy myself. I cannot lie; the whirl of the engine, the rush of the wind and the feel of speed was unbelievably (unbearably?) exhilarating and—discounting my perpetual fear of death or serious injury—really, really, really...

Author: By Peter L. Hopkins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Riding With The Queen | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

...debutante tradition nods respectfully to the societal conventions of an earlier age—to the days when women were courted, men ruled supreme and good breeding was the ultimate asset. Girls who debut today find themselves in a virtual time warp...

Author: By Mollie H. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Ball | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

THEME-PARK RIDES B.C.: Most Disney-style rides were slow and staid. A.D.: Here comes Space Mountain (a Star Wars race in the dark), Lucas' own Star Tours and Indiana Jones rides. Many Universal and Disney attractions are film franchises at warp speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Influence Of Star Wars | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...Warp...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hip Hop: More Than Thugs and Gangstas | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

Anti-Pop are hip hop’s Autechre, sounding far-out on first listen but making perfect sense on the fifth (appropriately, they’re also on the UK’s experimental Warp label). As former slam poets, emcees Priest, Beans and M. Sayyid rhyme multisyllables like androids possessed by funk, their unfathomable words sounding vaguely familiar at times—like lyrics about hip hop lyrics. They attack the mic with a coordinated fervor not seen since early Wu-Tang or Souls of Mischief, or even the Beastie Boys...

Author: By Ryan J. Kuo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hip Hop: More Than Thugs and Gangstas | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

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