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...resisted it at first,” Berry said in his Irish accent. “But then I realized I can’t get away from that...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grafton Street Reopens Doors, Draws Back Regulars | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

...setting out, in the way that colonial powers once did, the steps the Palestinians must take before the U.S. will recognize a Palestinian state: find new leaders, write a constitution, establish a market economy and more. All the President needs is a solar toupee and a cut-glass English accent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George W. Kipling | 7/2/2002 | See Source »

...addition to the major events, there were also minor things among the nothingness. My mom’s unique ability to incessantly taunt and pamper me, all done in her lovable Mississippi accent. Co-workers whose laughter and need to spring the tiny corkscrew curls in my hair sustained me throughout the workday. Amusing correspondence with friends from school, one of whom recently assured me that “summer should be fun and relaxing...

Author: By Jasmine J. Mahmoud, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Joys of Summer | 6/28/2002 | See Source »

...father died in 1984, often mentions the trauma of always being the new guy. "I thought, I can't wait to grow up because it's got to be better than this," he says. "The politics and the fights and always wearing the wrong shoes and having the wrong accent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: About Tom | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

When I visit, I look for the dozen or so giant, irregular-shaped stones I placed around to change the scale and give an accent to a place. I picked out each one myself in a quarry in Italy. I remember saying "I want this one": it was underwater. I named each of these stones for someone involved in the project, like Carlo, the quarryman. Only I know their names. Of course, there's one for my son and one for my daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Points: To the Summit | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

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