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...dread the coming time when I must say goodbye. But the idea of taking DNA from one of them and thinking that scientists could give me back what I had lost is abhorrent. How many people will have the misguided but understandable hope that they can somehow cheat death? Both of my cats are shelter animals, and when they were kittens, they were not in any way less beautiful than cc. When they die, I want to start again with new kittens, and I will have the comfort of knowing that I have helped save more animals as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 18, 2002 | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

...honestly, who sings along to Radiohead? Heck, who even knows what a Radiohead song is about? (Yeah, I know— “fake plastic trees.” Wicked cool.) With Garth Brooks, things are simpler: there are songs about truck drivers whose wives cheat on them, songs about rodeo cowboys, songs about people running into their high school girlfriends and thanking God that they didn’t marry them. There are songs for Republicans, like the rousing “American Honky-Tonk Bar Association” (It represents the hardhat, gun rack, achin?...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: Learning to Love Garth Brooks | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

...long-standing commitment to sharing music as opposed to writing it. She says she views herself as an interpreter blessed with perfect ears, not a natural songwriter. In Lord’s mind, to play a mediocre composition merely because it’s her own is to cheat more deserving songs: “There’s not enough time in the day to sing the songs that need to be sung. Songs are like children—there are enough in the world...

Author: By Scott G. Bromley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Presence of the Lord | 3/14/2002 | See Source »

...allowed Klein (writing as "Anonymous") to fill in the blanks about Clinton with things he knew to be true but no reporter could document. After reading the book, you just knew that Clinton stuffed his face with doughnuts till sugar spilled out of his mouth and that he would cheat on his wife and do anything to cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honey, I Shrunk My Presidency | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...consultants will have plenty to look into. Investors routinely factor in funds to cover the bribes they know they will be forced to pay; schools help students cheat in national exams; well-connected officials are granted public land. Last year, Nairobi City Council officials conducting a headcount of employees turned up hundreds of "ghost" workers who collected paychecks but were not officially employed. Even as City Hall called the investigation a success it was revealed that headcount forms had been fraudulently sold to unofficial workers hoping to escape detection. "The results are there for everybody to see," says Gachukia Nyaga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bribe Has Spoken | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

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