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...Honestly, I'm pretty relaxed. Sure, I've got the usual assortment of academic burdens and summer job stresses, and sometimes the weight of the world does seem to be pressing rather heavily on my spindly Anglo-Saxon shoulders. But no matter what happens, I've always got something to put a spring in my step. You see, I'm a binge drinker...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: A Toast to Binge Drinking | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...everything short of arranging sticks of dynamite into the shape of a woman, dropping a wig on it and hiding behind a nearby rock. Clinton made Starr funny and watchable. And without Clinton on the scene, Starr, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh and all the rest revert back to bland, Anglo-Saxon reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What I'll Miss About Bill Clinton | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...BEOWULF The Anglo-Saxon epic, the bane of English majors, looks brand-new and thrilling in a verse translation by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. The tale may still strike readers as bloodthirsty, with much hewing and hacking, but Heaney's language evokes Beowulf's tragic stature, his helplessness to avoid--and his bravery while facing--the dictates of his fate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...BEOWULF: The Anglo-Saxon epic, the bane of English majors, looks brand-new and thrilling in a verse translation by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. The tale may still strike readers as bloodthirsty, but Heaney's language evokes Beowulf's tragic stature, his helplessness to avoid - and his bravery while facing - the dictates of his fate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Books 2000 | 12/7/2000 | See Source »

...twin goals of competitiveness and maintenance of a benevolent social policy lie at the heart of the challenge facing France. Competitiveness ultimately means trimming back the role of government, the overall tax burden and the size of the public sector. In short, it means that France must become more Anglo-Saxon--or more liberale, as the French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The French Are On A Roll | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

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