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...lose. The Tulsa police department commissioned several hundred white men as deputies to help put down what they thought was a “negro uprising.” According to widely circulated reports, the new deputies were told to “Go out and kill you a damn nigger.” Throughout the night groups of armed men went into the police station, planning their next moves...

Author: By Alfred L. Brophy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Continuing the Reparations Debate | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...stalemated schoolyard argument. You will recall that in the cartoon, Bugs Bunny, the great American trickster, won that exchange by the simple expedient of reversing the order and insisting that it was, indeed, wabbit season. Which led the witless Duck to insist, in his turn, that it was, damn it, duck season. BLAM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Apologies Like This, Who Needs Insults? | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...also a new century, giving the Sox, symbolically at least, a fresh start. But more than anything else, it's just damn time that my Sox ended The Curse. Since Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920 for cash to finance his legendary Broadway musical, "No, No, Nanette," the team has advanced to the Series four times--in 1946, 1967, 1975, and 1986--losing in the climatic seventh game each time. Since '86, they've reached the ALCS three times and the playoffs twice more. And, every year, without fail, they ultimately lose...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This is the Year | 4/3/2001 | See Source »

...over. The sky is clear again. I get my breath back. My back is just sinking into the seat when--Gotcha! We're in another storm. Just as bad. Panic level back up to 9. Still no pilot. Damn him! Does this plane have a lightning rod? My head is bursting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Aboard Exposure Airlines | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...when he last took a vacation. Even gripped by a severe cold during the campaign, Rove was hooting into his headset. But this week the political guru will enjoy some R. and R. in Florida. He has little choice. This is a relaxed and productive White House (Damn it!), and chief of staff ANDY CARD wants it to stay that way. Top-level staff members--most of whom lost their postelection break to the Florida fiasco--are being told they must take time off. Card needles his staff members daily, insisting they submit vacation schedules as proof that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memo to White House Staff: You WILL Kick Back | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

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