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Proust had his yummy Madeleine to trigger the imagination. Antrim serves blueberry pancakes to jump-start the wackiness in his latest comedy of bad manners. Last time it was a raucous family reunion (The Hundred Brothers). Now it's a gathering of psychoanalysts putting mind over batter at the Pancake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Verificationist By Donald Antrim | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

"We're at a point in our schedule where the games are crucial if we hope to acquire home ice for the upcoming playoffs," Mazzoleni said. "We're going to have to go 4-0 or 3-0-1 down the stretch to have a chance."

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Searching for Playoff Position | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

And the children? The real paradigm shift will come when we stop trying to base our entire society on the wavering sexual connection between individuals. Romantic love ebbs and surges unaccountably; it's the bond between parents and children that has to remain rocklike year after year. Putting children first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Women Still Need Men? | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

Even Chiquita knew at the time what it faced. In its 1992 annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company acknowledged that "although we will oppose these restrictive policies in the proper legal forums, we are prepared to adapt to this new regulated environment." By this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Become a Top Banana | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

Like its Middle Eastern equivalent, Northern Ireland's peace process is perennially in crisis. But Monday's secret report by the Canadian overseer of the arms-decommissioning process could be a decisive setback. General John De Chastelain is widely expected to find little progress toward IRA disarmament in his report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms Report Threatens N. Ireland Accord | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

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