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...many argue that newer buildings can be made to compliment existing structures...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: harvard architecture stands as a testament to the times | 10/17/2000 | See Source »

...fair criticism, a punch couched in a compliment. But there?s a catch: Lieberman isn?t the only chameleon in this race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSING: Dick Cheney, Right-Wing Stalwart | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

...rivalry between GIORGIO ARMANI and Gianni Versace did not end with Versace's death. In this month's Vanity Fair, Armani claims that Versace once confided to him that while Armani clothed elegant women, Versace himself "dressed sluts." Not content with the compliment, Armani jokes, "molto slutty." Versace's sister Donatella told Italian papers she is "absolutely sure that what Mr. Giorgio Armani asserts is untrue," and indeed Armani, 66, has already backtracked, explaining that he meant "slutty" in a good way. "Versace's style is known for its aggressiveness--it's totally different from mine. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 25, 2000 | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...might give my new friends the wrong idea. I felt even more liberated when Shaboom introduced me to an admirer of my picture. But when I asked him what exactly he liked, he said, "It's a funny face you're making." Seeing my devastation, he concocted a weak compliment--"nice growth formation of the hair"--but I was already woefully deprogramed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Armpit Of Nevada | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "There are no second acts in American lives," he was ruefully noting the early rise and fall of celebrated people. In this young country, success was a young man's game, and so was failure. But today's Americans might take Fitzgerald's jeremiad as a compliment: there are no second acts because we prolong the first act forever; we work and play hard to extend adolescence for another 40, 50 years. It's hard work, consuming all that wheat germ and Viagra, but it's worth it to stay tan, teen and terrific. Besides, the alternative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Clint Does It the Old Way | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

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