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Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nothing Drops in 'Before It Falls' | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...Somehow, between that dreadful break-up and now, I became hooked. What began as a benign emotional crutch is now a consuming physical and psychological addiction. If I go two or three waking hours without a smoke, my hands tremble and I become unbearably bitchy (even worse than PMSā€”God help...

Author: By Thea S. Morton | Title: The World Is My Ashtray | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

...yips," says Steve Quevillon, a bond trader from Montreal. "We can just let the club do the work." Quevillon, who won the 2006 North American title, is even more unusual: though he has two good arms, his legs were paralyzed in a car accident--so he uses a crutch in his left hand for balance while swinging the club with just his right hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf's Swinging Singles | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...human experience. Believing that everything is part of God's master plan affords them the complacency of accepting the most terrible of tragedies. It is with the deepest respect that I read about the struggle of the real Mother Teresa, who, it now appears, had no such crutch. This was a person who soldiered on because she was a good and caring human helping her fellow man endure senseless suffering. If there is a God, Teresa is sitting at his side in heaven. Diane Brennan, Flagstaff, Ariz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...human experience. Believing that everything is part of God's master plan affords them the complacency of accepting the most terrible of tragedies. It is with the deepest respect that I read about the struggle of the real Mother Teresa, who, it now appears, had no such crutch. This was a person who soldiered on because she was a good and caring human helping her fellow man endure senseless suffering. If there is a God, Teresa is sitting at his side in heaven. Diane Brennan, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Abiding Anguish | 9/12/2007 | See Source »

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