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...Nash couplet was just the thing for a dull day to let a little pizzazz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Ode to Ogden | 8/22/2002 | See Source »

...smile at his take on bad romances And moisten at his love poems to Frances. One couplet I'm so adamant to save, I might have it engraved upon my grave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Ode to Ogden | 8/22/2002 | See Source »

...leader in the 1908 Olympic marathon but was disqualified when his supporters helped him across the finish line. Over the years he produced musical editorials supporting Al Smith and Dwight Eisenhower, opposing Prohibition ("You Cannot Make Your Shimmy Shake on Tea"), defending the gold standard ("Debts," with the couplet "Uncle Sam will be in heaven/ When the dollar goes to hell"), salving the wounds of the Depression ("Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee") and, of course, fighting Hitler ("Till We Hang the Paper Hanger"). In the 1950s, he wrote an anthem for Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Christmas Feeling: Irving America | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...school / but it ain’t cool” he said, adding “Pack a / backpack / fulla / books.” Later, inspired by Ludacris’s “Area Codes,” Weinstein kicked out this magical couplet: “3-1-3 / B-I-G.” Representatives from Will Smith have already approached Weinstein about guesting on the Fresh Prince’s upcoming album, Jagged Little Will...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gossip Guy! | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

...tang. "You probably don't know it, but I love you," Handong says toward the end, and Lan Yu replies, "You probably don't know it, but I love you too." In its mix of regret and affection (and maybe a little white lying), this could be the last couplet uttered by any soon-to-be-ex lovers, straight or gay. Lan Yu outshone Mabel Cheung's Beijing Rocks, which has pristine images provided by Peter Pau, displays dishy Hong Kong stars Daniel Wu and Shu Qi at their most engaging, but can't get much juice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian Movies Hit the Road | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

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