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The European Union Center
at Texas ASM University
presents:
Responding to Terrorism;
A European Perspective
with
His Excellency Javier Ruperez Rubio
Ambassador of Spain to the U.S.
Friday, October 25, 2002
10:30 am
Room 2 115,
Bush Academic Building-West
International Progams Office / Texas ASM University
AGGIES
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Music Review V 2.002
. Music Review V 2.002
The Last DJ
Tom Petty
Warner Brothers
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Throughout Cry, Faith Hill’s Fifth studio
album and follow-up to her multi-platinum
smash, Breathe, Hill continues her pop cross
over with less success than with her past two
releases. Hill’s attempt to become a genre-defy
ing icon has left her sound without any character
or personality.
The CD wanders from pseudo-country to
urban to gospel with little success. It is very front-
loaded, and many of the songs on Cry are remi
niscent of early 1990s pop. Cry already sounds
outdated after being released only a week ago.
The minor highlights are the title-track
“Cry” and “Free.” One wonders if the new
found freedom Hill sings of in the song is
from country radio.
The remaining three-quarters of the album's
tracks are forgettable ballads despite songs from
well-known writers such as Beth Nielsen
Chapman (“This Kiss”) and Annie Roboft
(“That's the Way”). Most of the songs suffer
from lame lyrics such as “Our love’s the moon/
Our love's the Kingdom Come/ Our love's the
flame/ Our love's His will be done.”
The low point of the album is “Beautiful”
where Hill laughably speaks, rather than sings,
the song’s insipid lyrics. The vocals are meant to
sound provocative, but fall Hat. The song is a sad
attempt to recreate Alan Jackson’s “I'll Go On
Lovin' You” or Madonna's “Justify My Love.”
Cry is an album that does not know what it is
or where it belongs. The only redeeming quality
is Hill's soulful voice-it has never sounded better.
Devoted Faith Hill fans will likely enjoy it, but
Cry is a serious misstep for a truly talented artist.
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Petty’s first release since 1999 comes win
high expectations. Coming off the less-than-
spectacular Echo (1999), fans waited with hi
hopes that the Petty of the past would returnfe
another ride.
What fans got is an album that focuses
Petty’s belief that music comes first, and mow
second. He takes shots at record companies
and the CEOs that run them. He speaksof
record deals going to those with good looks.(It
makes his point over and over again, eveninii*
liner notes where the album is dedicatedto
“everyone who loves music just a little bitmw
than money.” This is a man fed up with the
music industry.
Nonetheless, Petty keeps the style thathas
made him famous. Every song is unmistakably
his. There are slow ballads (“blue Sunday”)
bluesy rockin’ numbers (“joe”) andevenon
that can only be described as Buffett-esque
(“the man who loves women”). Hewroteor
wrote every song on the album and had a
in producing it.
Petty remains one of those artists that you
either love or hate. There really is no middle
ground, and that stands true for The Last DJ.
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McDonald’s Corp., again
reporting lower profits, said
Tuesday it will pare new restau
rant openings nearly in half in
2003 and invest more heavily in
its sluggish U.S. business.
Third-quarter i earnings
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vious year, McDonald’s said,
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and Japan — four of the chain’s
five biggest markets — at
restaurants open at least a year.
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gling amid the glut of U.S.
restaurants and perceptions of
poor service, also said it needs
a “significant improvement” in
sales to achieve its full-year
earnings target.
The Oak Brook, 111.-based
company said it now plans to
open 600 traditional McDonald’s
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