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Ugly Kid Joe's whirlwind, MTV-induced rise to the giddy heights of fame and commercial success was based primarily on the band members' sunny Californian good looks and brand of pop metal that is accessible to even the most guitar-phobic Top-40 listener...
Many class members say that Harvard was secluded from the radical flavor of the Bay Area. Going West to graduate school or to work, they stumbled on an unexpected whirlwind of cultural change...
Nevertheless, the outside world is already vying to shape it for them. Presidents and diplomats, businessmen and clergy shuttle in and out of the republics like traders from the caravans that once crisscrossed the great Silk Road to China. After U.S. Secretary of State James Baker made a whirlwind December visit, Washington became the first foreign nation to establish formal diplomatic ties with Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Neighboring Turkey and Iran have been the main competitors for influence, inviting the Central Asians to take part in their rival Black Sea and Caspian Sea cooperation zones. China has cautiously proposed joint-venture...
Inexplicably, at periodic intervals, the actors chose to spin around the stage in a Lycra whirlwind, scuttling through the audience like roaches zapped with bug spray. Perhaps the audience is expected to draw a deep meaning from the sight of actors running nowhere. Perhaps...
Britain's whirlwind campaign season, just four weeks long, did little to relieve the malaise. The Tories' performance was abysmally lackluster, their strategy poorly conceived. A day before calling the election, Major unveiled a budget that failed to provide creative ideas on such important domestic issues as investment, job training or health-care funding. That enabled Kinnock to put Major on the defensive from the start. Moreover, despite his personal popularity, Major proved a disappointing campaigner, often rambling on with coma-inducing lassitude; occasionally his cheerful wading into the crowd met with heckling, and on two occasions he was struck...