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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Away, or a Hustle Not Wholly Devoid of a Certain Grossness, Granted," found in this collection. An account of a mean prank worthy of Flannery O'Connor at her darkest, "Heavy" is one of Southern's most pointed comments about human nature, and a perfect example of his crisp, succinct approach to writing (one can think of several crime novelists - e.g.think Donald Westlake - who would have spun "Heavy" into a full-length "scam" novel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Life and High Times of Terry Southern | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...larger truth about the importance of place in college life. To be sure, most Harvard students probably do their reading in the Quincy House library or their suites in Mather, if they do their reading at all. But all of us take our classes amid red brick buildings with crisp white trim, fountains, statues and lavish green lawns. This grandeur is not solely designed to impress potential donors. Rather, the loveliness of the campus mingles with and enhances learning—the reason that critic David Denby has argued that beautiful surroundings are vitally important for education. The columns...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: The Ghosts in The Walls | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

IRONMINDS www.ironminds.com SMARTY PANTS Crisp writing, a clean design, fresh thinking. A younger and edgier - some would say rawer - Salon. Its handsome, slick design trumps other content sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best of the Web | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...perhaps the most important development of the upfronts so far, however, after disappointing setbacks at the NBC and ABC post-presentation parties, the soiree CBS put on for advertisers did, in fact, finally have the little chicken kabobs, grilled crisp outside yet moist inside. It's that attention to the little details that makes a season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hope "Walker" Dies Before My Network Gets Old | 5/17/2001 | See Source »

...models were easy on the eyes, thanks to their crisp, bright displays. In fact, I found no significant difference in screen quality among the five models I tested. One-button auto-setup features on the Philips, Viewsonic VE150M and Samsung saved me the effort of manually tweaking the brightness, contrast and levels of red, green and blue onscreen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flat And Happy | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

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