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...Elton John, the Rolling Stones, and the 30 top bands that will appear at Woodstock II -- a "holy war" over outrageous ticket prices has broken out, forcing the music industry to choose up sides. Last month Pearl Jam, the popular alternative-rock band from Seattle, called down the wrath of the U.S. Department of Justice against Ticketmaster, by far the largest distributor of sports and entertainment tickets in the U.S. (1993 volume: 52 million tickets). Pearl Jam claims that Ticketmaster has a near monopoly over tickets and charges inflated service fees, which can range from a typical $4 a ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'N' Roll's Holy War | 6/20/1994 | See Source »

...announcement of his departure has been met with sadness by a broad spectrum of students on campus, a somewhat unusual reaction considering the wrath that administrators can face form the student body. Though it may not come as a surprise that Undergraduate Council President Carey Gabay '94 lauded Jewett (calling him an "uncle" figure), the praise form Dennis C. Lin' 94, former co-chair of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association is an indication of the broad admiration for Jewett...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Receptive, if Less Than Dynamic Dean | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

...treated as a kind of bumbling equerry. At the end of the first day of negotiations for a new constitution in 1991, Mandela gave De Klerk a withering dressing down: "Even the head of an illegitimate, discredited minority regime, as his is, has certain moral standards to uphold." His wrath is cold, not hot; he does not explode at his foes, he freezes them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nelson Mandela: The Making of a Leader | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

...very well over the orchestra. The voice of the Queen of the Fairies, portrayed by Emmy Brown, falters on the high notes and tends to drop off too quickly at the end of phrases. Her spoken lines are stronger and more convincing and reveal enticing bits of fairy, feminist wrath...

Author: By Susan S. Lee, | Title: Gossamer Fairy Wings, Pomp and Cricumstance | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

...going to have to be more specific. Your own child probably feels the same unfocused wrath. Have you spoken to him/her...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Atrocity Institution | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

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