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Much to the chagrin of the world's leading paleontologists, there's a good reason why Leonardo DiCaprio and Goldie Hawn have face recognition and they don't. Dress a movie star up, spread a few rumors about them being cloned and all that's lost is some ink and a few pages of the National Enquirer. Do the same to a mammoth-cicle and 23,000 years of data may end up forever frozen in order to appease the desires of the masses...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: Editorial Notebook: When Mammoths Fly | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...capitol of Pakistan, a variety of the characters' dispositions also change. The transformation of "Ice Candy Man" is the most dramatic, as he goes from being the reasonable peacemaker among the group to the most extreme example of religious hatred. Shanta falls in love with Hasan, much to the chagrin of the "Ice Candy Man", but their relationship appears almost inconsequential after the figurative and literal arrival of genocide in the form of a train filled with the bodies of Muslim men and children, along with gunnysacks filled with the severed breasts of Muslim women...

Author: By Bree Z. Tollinger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Imagining India in Mehta's Earth | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...seniors' chagrin, some events and images that shaped their childhoods are just history to first-years...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Songs of Innocence: Cultural Memories that First-years Just Can't Remember | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...after death, then have his coffin placed in a dome at the top of the store. The spokesman also said, hopefully in jest, that Fayed would like to have "a hundred clones of himself made so he can come back to haunt the British establishment." Apparently, you can take chagrin with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 24, 1999 | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...chagrin of some party insiders, six GOP Representatives have already announced they will abide by their pledges and not seek reelection in 2000. But the number six is crucial: It's exactly the margin of votes by which Republicans currently control the House of Representatives. In the shark-infested waters of politics, nothing draws an opposing party faster than an open seat. That's because incumbents enjoy a reelection rate of more than 95 percent. The best chance of a party turnover occurs when a seat opens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Term Limits: The Ties That Bind Too Tightly | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

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