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...precise pruning of the synths and vocal samples midway, and this collage effect both reinvigorates old samples (Gwen McCrae's voice on "Feeling for You") and draws you into new songs ("La Mouche"). It's not all uptempo, though. Cassius's clean, even sparse, beats shift into low gear occasionally in tunes like "Nulife". No pre-millennial tension in 1999: the French have made fun in dance music respectable again. This last tango in Paris has legs...

Author: By Daryl Sng, | Title: Cassius 1999 Astralwerks | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

...February 26, American Eagle Flight 3226 spirited me away from Harvard. Wing-mounted prop engines labored hard and the SAAB 340B cabin vibrated hypnotically. I dosed off thinking-next stop, Santa Barbara, California. Soon, the hydraulic whirring of the landing gear woke me up and down we sailed, moving closer to the breaking waves and snaking coastline...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Passport Not Required | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

...Mass Army Navy Store, at 698 Mass. Ave., carries the same merchandise as the old, but in a brighter, cleaner location. Even though the store lost more than half its square footage in the move, a more logical layout allows customers breathing room between the racks of survival gear...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mom and Pop Make a Go | 2/9/1999 | See Source »

...past 1 o'clock on a Thursday morning, and the towering dominoes of Manhattan are falling past her as Mrs. Rosado's cab speeds from the northern tip of the slab all the way down to Columbus Circle. At 2 o'clock, bundled against winter, complete to her L.A. Gear sneakers, she will board a van for a five-hour ride to visit John in the Elmira Correctional Facility. Door to door, counting the visiting period and pit stops, the round-trip ordeal will take between 18 and 20 hours. Along the way, Mrs. Rosado, a diabetic, will inject herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Snow, in Ice, in Rain, One Mother's Trip | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...restricted to the post for most of their time in Bosnia. The store features souvenir mugs, Beanie Babies, T-shirts, electronics, CDs -- the best-selling items -- and video rentals. Because the troops at Eagle Base are often clad in their "battle rattle" -- helmets, flak jackets and other gear -- the new store boasts eigh-foot-wide aisles so soldiers turning around don't find themselves staring down the barrel of a colleague's M-16. The U.S. has set no deadline for the 6,900 U.S. troops in Bosnia to come home, although their numbers continue to decline from a peak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Bosnia, the U.S. Military Gets a Stop and Shop | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

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