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Dates: during 2000-2009
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CURTIS MAYFIELD's productions were a singer's dream and a musician's delight. The combination of Mayfield and Rich Tufo held a captive and universal audience for their arrangements. We moved and grooved to his sweet, funky, soul-stirring musical scenarios, and said, "Amen, that's right, go ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: CURTIS MAYFIELD | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

The Army's $2.1 billion effort to turn soldiers into 21st century fighting machines may be facing defeat. The "Land Warrior" program, launched in 1996, packs 90 lbs. of computers, radios, targeting devices and body armor onto a sci-fi G.I. topped with a Cyclops-like helmet.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Army's Futuristic Mutant Snafu Turtles | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

But a report from the General Accounting Office details a rucksack full of problems: the $62,000 backpacks stopped soldiers from lifting their heads while on their bellies. When they rolled over, the packs lifted them far above the ground, pawing the air in what is known, in military parlance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Army's Futuristic Mutant Snafu Turtles | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

Whether it was my LP Sparkle or the Staple Singers on the Let's Do It Again sound track or Claudine or the incredibly famous Superfly sound track--all had the unmistakable and unforgettable, gripping melodies of Mr. Mayfield. He scored in our hearts and minds, and he scored some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: CURTIS MAYFIELD | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

$12 million Amount taken in by Stone's 1995 conspiracy-filled biopic, Nixon, during its first month of release

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jan. 1, 2000 | 1/1/2000 | See Source »