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...made only the faintest blip on John Kerry's campaign radar screen--or anyone else's--when an Archbishop from St. Louis, Mo., told a local television station four months ago that the Massachusetts Senator with a staunchly pro-choice voting record should "not present himself for Communion" in that archdiocese. In the frenzied days when Kerry strategists were gearing up for their first nationwide round of primaries, they were far more preoccupied with introducing Kerry to voters as a decorated Vietnam veteran, untangling him from the contradictions of his Senate voting record and figuring out how to dodge...
...more than a blip on the radar screen that was the Harvard men’s basketball team...
OutKast's dominant season was no cultural blip. Andre and Big Boi have been stretching the boundaries of commercial music for a decade. From the initial weirdness of their songs about space aliens to B.O.B. (Bombs over Baghdad), their millennial drumand-bass gospel opus, they have proved that it's possible to be unusual, ambitious and immensely popular. In their own words, "We are/The coolest motherfunkers on the planet." --By Josh Tyrangiel
...Economy: Long-Term Recovery or Short-Term Blip? ? A transcript of George Washington University economist Frederick L. Joutz's chat on WashingtonPost.com about the news...
...former Harlem street truant shied away from her designated role as barrier breaker. She remained cool, a bit skeptical of her fame, preferring to focus on what she loved most: winning. Of her status as a rebel turned world champion, she said, with typical understatement, "Ain't that a blip?" --By Harriet Barovick