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The New York Times’ John Burns visited Iraq before the war and concluded of Saddam’s state: “The terror is self-compounding, with the state’s power reinforced by stories that relatives of the victims pale to tell—of...

Author: By Brian M. Goldsmith, | Title: To End a Wobble | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

The article also incorrectly stated that Farley met biochemist Lizzie Burns while studying at Oxford. In fact, he met her in 2001.

Author: By Samantha A. Papadakis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Math Professor Goes Hollywood | 5/3/2005 | See Source »

What Listing, Please? Searching the Web can bring the world to your door. But if you only want a tap fixed or a pizza delivered, you can end up wishing the world would just go away. Business directory suppliers have been struggling for years to make money from their local...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 4/24/2005 | See Source »

According to this masterpiece, Withers had been a champion of the international language of Esperanto ever since his parents’ death in Japan, caused by their inability to read the “Beware of Dragon” signs, which were, unfortunately, in Japanese. He rises to the top...

Author: By Amos Barshad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: How To Make a Movie in 48 Hours | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

Ranting has many styles, many purposes. Sometimes its only ambition is to vilify. Robert Burns once let fly at a critic in these terms: "Thou eunuch of language; thou butcher . . . thou arch-heretic in pronunciation, thou pitch-pipe of affected emphasis . . . thou pimp of gender . . . thou scape-gallows from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Oh, Shut Up! The Uses of Ranting | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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