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...issued his solemn pledge: "I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity." He admitted that he rode in on a storm; it had rained all through election night, and it rained on his ascension, so he called on the angel that "rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm," all but acknowledging that he was brought here by forces beyond his control and claiming no mandate other than to try to "live up to the calling we share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George W. Bush: Calling All Citizens...And Becoming One | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

...This work continues. The story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm. God bless you all, and God bless America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Opening High Note | 1/20/2001 | See Source »

Still, the message out of the bottle was clear: Forget the couch; there is no psychiatric ill that cannot be chemically controlled. Even hyperactive youngsters were caught up in the pharmacological whirlwind, given daily doses of Ritalin to tame their excess energies. Critics such as Dr. Thomas Szacz worried loudly about an overly medicated, drug-dependent society. But with more than 50 million Americans suffering from mental illnesses of varying degrees of severity, doctors in the clinical trenches felt they had no choice but to employ the best weapons at their disposal. Says Dr. Sophia Vinogradov, Barondes' UCSF colleague...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hunt For Cures: Mental Illness | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...admittedly limited affinity for the genre, Slim Shady's passion and lyrical virtuosity commanded, if not a place in the heart, at least a somewhat anxious acknowledgment that something is indeed going on here. Fast, funny and literally furious, the Elvis to Dr. Dre's Sam Phillips gives a whirlwind tour of a seriously conflicted young superstar's mind, while holding up an in-your-face mirror to the public's idolatrous expectations. His hostility comes off as personal beefs directed at particular individuals rather than undifferentiated hatred - there's as much confession here as declamation - and if the cinematic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sampler's Favorite Music of 2000 | 1/12/2001 | See Source »

...audience at the Orpheum Friday night before he and bandmates Billy Martin and John Medeski launched into a blazing version of Hendrix's "Crosstown Traffic." Belting out Jimi's funky lines on bass, drums, and organ, respectively, Medeski, Martin and Wood finished off a night that had been a whirlwind tour of jazz, funk, rock and pure abstract experimentalism...

Author: By Taylor R. Terry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Abstract? Art? | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

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