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...widespread perception that journalists periodically or even routinely deal from a stacked deck was one of the most troubling developments about newspaper work at the turn of the millennium,” wrote Globe columnist David Nyhan, in announcing the award in Neiman Reports, the Foundation’s quarterly magazine...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Globe Family Endows Newspaper Award | 7/6/2001 | See Source »

...owners. The dolls' creator, 32-year-old Matt McMullen, is disarmingly normal. Wearing a baseball cap and faded jeans, he looks more grunge rocker than sleaze merchant. His merchandise, on the other hand, is way out there. The five body types range from sleek nymphets to one whose upper deck would make Anna Nicole Smith insecure. "We've actually scaled back from making the biggest one," says McMullen. "It was a little out of control." Cupping the pendulous breasts, which feel like, uh, breasts, I have to agree. They transcend Dolly. They mock Pamela...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Well, Hello, Dolly | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

PAUL WICK: There are going to be people able to do a wonderful job of growing their assets without technology. But given that technology is the largest growth industry in the world, you stack the deck against yourself without any tech stocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Net Net: They're Buying Tech Should You? | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...network had no clips.) Fox--No. 1 in 18 to 34s!--has the most unusual lineup, including 24, a thriller whose events unfold in one day, in real-time episodes, over the season; Pasadena, a spooky-looking soap. I leave the party early, walking past the fighter jets on deck and thinking, If you set off a bomb on this ship...But then these are the upfronts. Plenty of bombs got launched this week. They just won't detonate until fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: James Poniewozik's Journal: Up Close At The Upfronts | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...screaming by a team of wild horses and the two-year contract she regretted signing the second "The House of Mirth" wrapped. There will also be a "Temptation Island 2." Which is as good a time as any to leave the assembled crowd now, as they embark below deck, for one final grueling round of eating giant cocktail shrimp, getting hammered and buying some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Upfronts: Reruns From UPN and Fox | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

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