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Before I explain that statement, let’s comb through some history on the subject...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KING JAMES BIBLE: Crackdown Won't Curb the Boozing | 9/29/2004 | See Source »

...have Band-Aids, shaving cream with an old-fashioned brush, homeopathic toothpaste from France, Pour Monsieur by Chanel cologne, a little crystal stone that's made to be used as deodorant or for razor burn. I use Frederic Fekkai gel and glossing cream and a wide-tooth detangler comb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Access: Closet Capers | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

...reported an individual behaving suspiciously around a group of children. HUPD officers were dispatched to comb the area, but the individual was gone on arrival...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 8/20/2004 | See Source »

...readers that he "recoiled from Moore's methodology." To mount fast responses to critics like those, Moore has organized a "war room" overseen by former Clinton White House aides Chris Lehane and Mark Fabiani. He also hired the former chief of fact checking at the New Yorker magazine to comb the film for inaccuracies. "There's lots of disagreement with my analysis of these facts or my opinion based on the facts. But," he insists, "there is not a single factual error in the movie. I'm thinking of offering a $10,000 reward for anyone that can find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World According To Michael | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

...standard reference book troubles with such trivia, but an offbeat guide called the Guinness Book of Records answers such questions with gusto ... [It is] the world's greatest grab bag of mosts, leasts, longests, shortests, fastests and slowests ... Chosen to compile the book were Norris and Ross McWhirter ... [They] comb thousands of journals to keep their superlatives up to date, correspond with authorities in 110 countries, scan heaps of musty books to track down obscure points ... And when all else fails, they turn to an army of volunteer assistants, including a mathematics expert lodged in Broadmoor criminal lunatic asylum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

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