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...used to play this before the game to get excited,” he says, leaning over the steering wheel to crank up the stereo...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tailgaters enjoy the show—on and off the field | 11/13/2001 | See Source »

...screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field.” That new field—the animated feature—instantly became a staple in children’s entertainment, and over the next 50 years Disney used the Snow White formula to crank out 26 more movies. If Snow White was the Classical period of animation, then everything from 1940’s Pinocchio to 1988’s Oliver and Company were its long Middle Ages. Lots of good things were made, but nothing...

Author: By Benjamin W. Olsen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Animation Evolves in Linklater's Waking Life | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

Today the Pentagon continues to crank out deployment orders, sending additional aircraft and troops to within striking distance of Afghanistan. While numbers remained elusive, Air Force officers said they expected more than 100 planes to be sent to the region in the days to come. Beyond the deployments detailed in take 1, B-1s from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. and Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, as well as F-15s from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, have been ordered to the region. Among the more than 5,000 reservists the Air Force have called up are crews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buildup Update: The Deployment Continues | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

...deluxe haircut and bought a stereo, expensive suits and a Rolex watch. Both Roque and the Cuban government refused legal representation during the Martinez trial, so the award won't be appealed. Luis Fernandez, spokesman for the Cuban government in Washington, dismisses Martinez's claim as a "crank legal action." Martinez, an executive secretary, has published a book, Estrecho de Traicion (Strait of Betrayal) and has had her marriage to Roque annulled. "I'm smarter today," she says. "I've learned to use the same sixth sense about people that he used as a spy." And she may soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spy Who Raped Me | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...they had also lost their childhood love for the games they covered. The magic of sports was no longer there for them. Sports was a cycle they had to follow; they could never take a break from the games or the athletes or the endless stories they had to crank out in order to keep bread on the table and their sportscars paid...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: It Can't Be Just a Job | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

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