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...tidy cook? Yes. Once you let untidiness creep in, things get beyond you. I've seen Chinese chefs in busy restaurants who work in a very small area, but they never get in a mess. Every time they use a knife they wipe it and put it back in the same position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Margaret Fulton | 3/17/2004 | See Source »

...carry out reconstruction tasks, train a new Afghan army and hunt terrorists. The light footprint means fewer American troops have been put at risk, but it has left the U.S.'s Afghan allies even more exposed to danger. After U.S. patrols retreat to their firebases, Afghans say, the Taliban creep back into villages to murder collaborators, usually local policemen. "We are helpless," says Mansour Mehboob, a police chief in an outpost along the Kunar River in Afghanistan. "We have only the bullets in our [guns], nothing more. And the enemy is all around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remember Afghanistan? | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

...teams are coached today, it’s hard to create a numerical advantage, whether it’s a two-on-one, three-on-two, or four-on-three,” Mazzoleni said. “The only way you can create that advantage is to creep your weakside...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald and Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Johnson Shines In Return For M. Hockey | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...friendly environment in Dunster—and throughout Harvard—requires a concerted and committed effort by tutors, student groups, the administration and all students. Bolstered by a strong in-House support system, BGLT students will hopefully never again feel trapped in the closet—forced to creep out silently, pretend as though they never came out in the first place or, worse yet, endure it alone. Particularly at an institution as liberal as Harvard, students ought to feel confident about asserting their sexuality—with or without the fanfare and balloons...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Dunster's Troublesome Closet | 2/18/2004 | See Source »

...chorus of campaign spiels and “yes, ma’am, thank you ma’am”s fills the room. A Southern accent has started to creep into the volunteers’ voices...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ready To Campaign, Dems Head South | 2/5/2004 | See Source »

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