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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...passionate, picks up where the previous Everything Must Go left off. As you might expect from an album whose first single is called "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next," it's a dour piece. The wrenching anguish in James Bradfield's voice combines with Nicky Wire's lyrics ("I've got to stop smiling it gives the wrong impression") to create an air of bleakness not unlike the vast empty expanse on the album cover. This slips into pretentiousness at times, such as in the final song "S.Y.M.M." ("South Yorkshire Mass Murderer"), but on the whole...

Author: By Daryl Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pretentious Perfection | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

Made dismal movie Yes, 3 Ninjas Yes, Barb Wire and choices? and Stroker Ace her honeymoon video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 19, 1999 | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

Billionaire commodities trader Marc Rich fled to Switzerland in 1983 after he was indicted for wire fraud, racketeering and trading with the enemy by allegedly buying oil from Iran. He now resides in a villa near Lucerne with a private harbor and a steel-gated boathouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lifestyles of the Rich and Wanted | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...medical reporter, so I knew what that meant. Guided by X-ray images, a doctor inserts a wire into the breast to target the calcifications. Then a breast surgeon cuts through the skin, finds the wire and fishes out a sample of tissue large enough to capture the problem spot. It needn't be that bad. If I was lucky, the amount of tissue removed would be the size of a large grape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Summer Scare | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...wait a minute! A wire through the breast? A scar? A grape? We're talking about my breasts, which I happen to be quite fond of. And given their modest proportions, I hardly had any to spare. Fear and vanity battled for control. Even though 80% of biopsies are benign, I was terrified the doctors would find cancer. I panicked. I wanted another opinion. Lots of other opinions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Summer Scare | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

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