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...most of them written on the spot. It is widely viewed as one of the relief effort's most effective agencies. After targeting a need--short-term funding for people who lived and worked near ground zero--Safe Horizon's CEO Gordon Campbell approached the September 11th Fund, an arm of the United Way and New York Community Trust, which had $150 million from the Tribute to Heroes telethon but no specific mission. The fund administrators were thrilled to pour money into an organization with a goal and support staff already in place. "We now have a revolving fund that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Charity Olympics | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...shore up its place as a crucial element of the U.S.-led military strike against the Taliban and, as important, a power player in any post-Taliban government in Afghanistan. From the start of the campaign, the U.S. has kept the Alliance, still the recognized government of Afghanistan, at arm's length. Knowing they needed the rebels' experience fighting the Taliban on its own terrain, the Americans promised logistical and material support, and seemed willing to factor in the Alliance in efforts to cobble together a post-Taliban government. But the U.S. shied away from fully embracing the Alliance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Losing Streak | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...Alexander R. Jubinski ‘03 has rediscovered the armpit fart as a source of humor. Asked for comment, Jubinski cupped his hand, put it in his underarm, and quickly raised and lowered his arm, producing a distinctive sound. He then laughed uproariously...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gossip Guy! | 11/1/2001 | See Source »

...Some people have some soreness in their arm, as with any shot. Occasionally, people get some body aches or a low-grade fever. They will not get the flu from the vaccine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Don't Need the Flu Shot. Unless You Do | 11/1/2001 | See Source »

...chase—20 percent: The flirtatious laugh over a cup of peppermint tea, the “accidental” arm brush in section. Looking for more than a dance-floor grind but less than a mortgage and talks of future children, I finally concentrated on the chase my junior year…with absolutely no success, of course. No, my boy toys were named Ben and Jerry, and they knew how to give me all the drippy-slippy, this-chunk-is-such-a-hunk, chocolate-covered sexual healing I needed...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, | Title: Life's Best If Served With a Thin, Flaky Crust | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

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