Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged '1990'

Obama Eyeing CNN's Gupta For Surgeon General...

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:17:00 EST

CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, is reportedly in talks to become the Obama administration's surgeon general. Gupta worked on health policy as a White House fellow in the 1990s.

Orthodox Faith Crowding Out Others In Chelyabinsk

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:29:00 EST

In the early 1990s, foreign missionaries could pack a public hall in Chelyabinsk with hundreds of curious Russians. But Russian Orthodox Church has grown, and meaning other religions may suffer.

Quetzal On Mountain Stage

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:23:00 EST

Quetzal is a boundary-pushing, L.A.-based Chicano band started by multi-instrumentalist Quetzal Flores in the early 1990s. Featuring dense instrumentation (including violin, Hammond organ, requninto guitar, congas and bajosexto in addition to bass and drums) and impassioned vocals, Quetzal has adapted its music for the 21st century.

Social, Economic Change Staggering In Chelyabinsk

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:47:00 EST

While based in Russia in the 1990s, NPR's Anne Garrels followed developments in the "real Russia" from the provincial town of Chelyabinsk. Returning 10 years later, much has changed. This series charts the transformation.

Will Obama Press For End Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'...

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:59:00 EST

The military's policy for gays in the armed forces was an awkward compromise in the 1990s. Many say it is now outdated — but will the new president want to take up the same issue that riled Bill Clinton's White House debut?

'Rent' Gets A High School Makeover

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:28:00 EST

More than 50 student groups across the country are performing Jonathan Larson's edgy rock opera Rent this school year. Like the Broadway show, Rent School Edition is centered on a group of friends in the 1990s dealing with AIDS, gender identity, homosexuality, drug addiction and poverty.

Citigroup Weighs Company's Options

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:00 EST

The financial crisis is closing in on Citigroup. The banking colossus has more than 200 million customers around the world. But investors are increasingly worried about Citigroup's financial condition. Its share price tumbled more than 25 percent Thursday. CEO Vikram Pandit is weighing his options, and they include selling off parts of the company or selling the whole company. Citigroup lost half its value this week and is trading at levels not seen since the mid 1990s.

Addressing The Threat Of Deflation

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST

As central banks continue to slash interest rates almost to zero, prices can plummet. It creates a liquidity trap, as it did in the 1930s and in Japan during the 1990s. Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff outlines what deflation could mean for modern America.

National Book Awards Honor Matthiessen In Fiction

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:00 EST

The National Book Awards were given out Wednesday night in New York. The fiction award went to Peter Matthiessen's "Shadow Country," a revision of a trilogy of novels from the 1990s. The 81-year-old author last won a National Book Award 30 years ago.

Country Music Finds New Star In Darius Rucker

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:14:00 EST

Darius Rucker is country music's shining new star. The former frontman for the 1990s pop group Hootie & the Blowfish has become the first black artist to have a top 10 country music hit since Charley Pride. He talks with Farai Chideya and performs three of his new songs.

Q-Tip's 'Renaissance' Worth The Wait

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:04:00 EST

As leader of the 1990s hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip rose to fame on the strength of their jazz-influenced production and his smooth, unruffled rapping. After problems plagued his solo career, Q-Tip disappeared from the music scene. He has now resurfaced with an entirely new CD, The Renaissance.

Alexander Tucker: 'Veins To The Sky'

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:34:00 EST

Alexander Tucker got his start in the early 1990s in a hardcore band called Suction. Later he played synths in a space-rock group in Detroit. These days he lives in the U.K. where he writes and records as a solo artist. Tucker recently released his third album, Portal, through the London-based ATP Recordings. It's a rich mix of styles, featuring the finger-picking folk of Tucker's guitar, along with psychedelic rock, drones, detuned guitars, and sound loops.

Goosebumps And Guffaws In Stine's 'HorrorLand'

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:18:00 EDT

Can a children's author strike gold twice? R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series sold more than 300 million copies in the 1990s. Now, he's hoping to revisit that success with Goosebumps: HorrorLand.

Steve Lillywhite On Producing The La's

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:08:00 EDT

The La's only recorded one album, but the self-titled record from 1990 features gem after gem of infectious guitar-pop, including the hit single, "There She Goes." The main songwriter, Lee Mavers, notoriously fired multiple band members and producers because, according to Mavers, none of them got it.

Asleep At The Wheel On Mountain Stage

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:28:00 EDT

No band has done more to keep alive the legend of Texas swing than Asleep at the Wheel. The Austin group originally formed in West Virginia more than three decades ago and returned recently to play on Mountain Stage for the seventh time since 1990.

Chevron, Ecuador In Costly Environmental Dispute

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Oil giant Texaco, now owned by Chevron, is involved in an epic environmental lawsuit brought on behalf of the indigenous people of Ecuador's rain forest. Texaco is accused of failing to clean up billions of gallons of toxic waste produced during its involvement in oil production in Ecuador. Texaco ended its operations there in the early 1990's and its new owner Chevron inherited the lawsuit. Attorney Stephen Donziger who works with the plaintiffs legal team and Chevron spokesperson Kent Robertson discuss the case.

Revamped '90210' Debuts

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDT

The lights at the Peach Pit went out at the turn of the century when Beverly Hills 90210 went off the air. But the television show that was a pop culture sensation in the 1990s is back, in what's being marketed as an edgy, updated form. The prime time teen soap premieres Tuesday.

'Marketplace' Report: Why Food Costs So Much

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT

The USDA forecasts food prices will go up by as much as 6 percent this year — the largest annual increase since 1990. What's causing the high cost of food?

Billy Childs And John Blake At Mt. Hood

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:48:00 EDT

In the late 1990s, JazzSet made two visits to the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival in Gresham, Ore. Music started before noon, and as the sun burned the haze away, the snow-capped peak shimmered on the skyline, helping to inspire memorable performances by the Billy Childs Trio and the John Blake Quintet.

Family Of 7 Forgets 4-Year-Old At Airport

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT

Like a scene from the 1990s movie Home Alone, a family flew to France over the weekend — and forgot one of their kids. Officials at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport found a 4-year-old girl wandering the duty-free shop in tears. The girl was sent on the next flight and reunited with her family. Officials are investigating how only six people boarded the original flight when the family had seven tickets.

Karadzic Arrives In The Hague To Face Trial

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:20:00 EDT

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was transferred to the Netherlands and placed in the custody of the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. He faces charges of genocide against Muslims and Croats during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

Karadzic's Arrest Brings Mixed Feelings In Sarajevo

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:52:00 EDT

Radovan Karadzic's arrest on war crimes charges was met with a burst of celebration in the streets of Sarajevo, which suffered a brutal siege during the Bosnia war in the 1990s at the hands of Bosnia Serb militias loyal to Karadzic. But many citizens of Sarajevo are bitter that he was able to live on the lam for 13 years before he was detained.

Atlanta Soul Scene Reborn

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:09:00 EDT

The capital of Georgia is home to some of the biggest stars in hip-hop and R&B. Since the 1990s, though, the city has also nurtured a very different scene — indie soul. Clubs like the shuttered Yin Yang Cafe and Sugarhill have birthed an intimate scene that gives musicians room to experiment and grow.

Violinist Stephane Grappelli on Piano Jazz

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:00 EDT

In an archival show from 1990, Piano Jazz celebrates the centennial of Stephane Grappelli, one of the jazz world's greatest violinists. Grappelli first found fame in France with Django Reinhart's Quintette du Hot Club. He went on to an illustrious career playing with everyone from Oscar Peterson to Paul Simon to Yo-Yo Ma.

'Marketplace' Report: Greenhouse Gases

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT

California announces a detailed plan that would lower greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels over the next decade. Because national climate-change legislation looks headed for defeat, the California plan may become the most comprehensive state mandate to reduce greenhouse gases.