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...simple tale, Seuss tells you a lot about human behavior; he tells you a lot about prejudice, and that no one is unreachable." While Carrey set about inhabiting the character - a task that required wearing a cumbersome costume and painful contact lenses ("I defined him as a big, thick callus," says the star) - Geisel asked for numerous revisions on the screenplay, which is credited to the team of Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seuss on the Loose | 11/10/2000 | See Source »

...select few athletes who have performed at their best at the Olympic Games," he said afterward. "It's one of the things I wanted to do." The other thing he wanted to do on Saturday was to help his teammates - Michael Klim, Chris Fydler and Ashley Callus - break the U.S. lock on the 4 x 100 freestyle relay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stuff of Heroes | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...head and immediately apologizing to me for doing so. A brief conversation ensued. He sold me a CD, "Dr. Wax." Willis then grabbed the back of my head and instructed me to say "Rah!," which I did, and then he head-butted me right on the enormous callus that sits in the middle of his forehead from repeated buttings. This happened a few more times; I was also entreated to say "Roh!" ("Rah" and "Roh." Rock and Roll? A Willis mystery.) I agreed to return later in the evening for a more extensive interview...

Author: By Benjamin D. Mathis-lilley, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Sucking a Caribou's Ass?: An Evening With the World's Weirdest Rock Star | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...Things like that can inspire people to callus," Glass says. "There is also a time whenblocking comes up more often...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Visit to Room 13: A Friendly Late Night Ear | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...embroidery shop by saying that he could cut lace left-handed. In fact he is right-handed and had never cut lace. Carmencita, 47, a former teacher, worked in a handbag factory and cut insignia for uniforms on a piecework basis at home. "See this finger, see the callus I still have on it," she says proudly. The couple saved enough money to open two gift shops in Union City, living in an apartment over one. Like many Hispanic-owned businesses, the stores are a family enterprise: Daughter Alina, 20, who is studying at St. Peter's College to become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hispanics a Melding of Cultures | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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