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...After those two, though, the cupboard is mostly bare for the Elis. Yale's third-leading receiver is its fullback, junior James Keppel...

Author: By Mackie Dougherty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Position by Position, Harvard Trumps Yale | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

...resource: Someone will post a query about how to play a particular passage, and the forum's participants will descend on it like a pack of wolves, each trying to top the other with the accuracy of their transcriptions, so that often within minutes it will have been stripped bare like the carcass of some hapless buffalo. The tone is supportive and down-homey ("You have ears like a damn dog," ran one appreciative posting recently. "I bet you can hear a mouse pee on cotton"); novices' questions are patiently addressed and everybody knows your name. Make that every Buddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testing the Mettle of a Pedal Steeler | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

...addition to tales of all-night writing and aides' squabbling over credit, Waldman spoke of President Clinton's "incredible range of oratorical knowledge" and "love for the podium." "We'd hand him a bare outline of points to make and policies to explain, and he'd 'pretty it up,' with detail and argument tailored to the mood of the audience. We'd give him Hemingway, and he'd turn it into Faulkner...

Author: By Julia G. Kiechel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former Clinton Speechwriter Speaks at Leverett | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

...similar number of votes as a consequence of ineptitude, it usually won't matter too much. In fact we wouldn't normally even hear about it. Well, now it does matter and we are hearing about it. The gross and inaccurate workings of the election system are laid bare...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Rather Insane | 11/14/2000 | See Source »

...year-old Palestinian boy caught in cross fire was terrible, it was nevertheless an accident, and Israelis across the political spectrum immediately expressed deep regret. By contrast, the beating and killing of the Israeli reservists in Ramallah was intentional. The Palestinians killed the Israelis with their bare hands and then showed them to a cheering mob. STEPHEN A. SILVER Concord, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 13, 2000 | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

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