Nov 14th, 2008 · There were great rock drummers before Mitch Mitchell, and there were even better drummers after him. But Mitchell's jazz-influenced drumming was just as indispensable as Hendrix's guitar in The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mitchell was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.
Aug 18th, 2008 · Pervez Musharraf's departure leaves the Bush administration without the man it once praised as an "indispensable" partner in the war against terrorism. Many analysts say it's time for the U.S. to adopt a Pakistan policy that's geared to the country and not to a single leader.
May 6th, 2008 · The hardcover yearbook used to be an indispensable part of the high school and college experience. But today, online social-networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace allow students to memorialize their friendships online — for free. Now, fewer students are forking over $50 for hardcover yearbooks.
Nov 21st, 2007 · The film, about an animated princess thrust unprepared into the gritty reality of New York City, is what happens when wised-up meets happily-ever-after. Amy Adams is the indispensable star.
Oct 10th, 2006 · Gwendolyn Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who died in 2000, published only one work of fiction for adults: Maud Martha. Author Asali Solomon says Brooks tells this coming-of-age tale with "minimal drama and maximal beauty."
Aug 10th, 2006 · Heat author Bill Buford finds "his McGee" indispensable -- that is, Harold McGee's essential tome On Food and Cooking. "McGee is the most important person alive writing about food," Buford says.