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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...might serve as the new nemesis. Gramm was going on about how it was his constitutional duty (sound familiar?) to block censure (remember censure?), and would filibuster if need be until the last dog died. On Friday, when Gramm rose to block the measure, it was more with a whimper than a bang. No one much cared. Clinton's enemies are going to have to do better than that if he's to thrive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sighs and Whimpers | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...Boston, an urban FM might break the city's unending complacency on racial issues. To take just one example, school busing has been almost entirely phased out, nothing has been put in its place, and nary a whimper of protest has been heard in the past decade. While Jam'n may insist that "the party never stops," the party never started for the Hub's minority children. It is this cycle of complacency that I want to escape; wherever I live next year I hope that it has the type of black musical presence that is both engaging...

Author: By Jal D. Mehta, | Title: Looking for Community on the FM Dial | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

...this the way Redmond's market dominance ends--not with an antitrust bang but a contractually negligent whimper? Such an outcome would be favorable to the start-ups of Silicon Valley, where the specter of federal regulation is just as terrible as that of Microsoft. "This is more important than the antitrust case," says Mark Radcliffe, a Palo Alto, Calif., attorney for tech firms. "People are looking for something that doesn't have the taint of government intrusion, and this plays on their desire to let technology solve the problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sun Pours Java All Over Bill | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...world: to cook and to pay rent, to study, to watch television, to take weekend trips to Egypt or Italy. These common aspects of college elsewhere (minus the Italy thing) will be quite a shock. An apartment. That probably means furniture. Then again, I may fail at groceries and whimper back here for the spring...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: And That Has Made All the Difference | 5/8/1998 | See Source »

...commercial success, right after their sophomore major label effort, Ritual de Lo Habitual, went platinum, they broke up somewhere in Hawaii, never to play all together again. The bassist, Eric Avery, and the guitarist, Dave Navarro, put out a little-remembered CD called Deconstruction which died without a whimper. Drummer Stephen Perkins and singer Perry Farrell formed the nucleus of Porno for Pyros and released two largely point-less CD's. But rejoice, Jane's Addiction is back! With the affable Flea replacing Eric Avery on bass, the group finally has a new album...

Author: By Josiah J. Madigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jane's Relapse Shines as Necessary, Promising Fix | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

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