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...used to walk to synagogue on the Sabbath, and very often her Christian neighbors would pass her on the street and say 'Good Sabbath,'" Lieberman said. "That was a source of endless delight and gratitude...

Author: By David M. Debartolo and Imtiyaz H. Delawala, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Lieberman Debuts as Gore's Pick | 8/11/2000 | See Source »

When Maldacena transformed his string-theory black hole into something resembling conventional particle physics, his colleagues reacted first with disbelief, then with delight, dancing and singing (in a spoof of the Macarena), "!Ehhhh, Maldacena...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theoretical Physics: The Man Who Does Tricks with Strings | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

What I liked most about my father's world was its moments of surprised delight and its celebration of occasions. To be surprised by anything at all these days is merely to indicate how out of it one is. My father's generation seemed to be surprised by everything--a TV set, automatic shift, snow--and to be enchanted by the smallest event. "A martini!" my father would say, as if he had not mixed it himself. "Pie a la mode!"--with a lusty accent on "mode," as if he were recalling a village in France and not a scoop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worlds Of Our Fathers | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...pros and the best club champions--is as wide as the Pacific. Newport may be a very good golfer, but he's an even better writer. From a distressing little story about Michael Jordan to some superb explorations of the golfer's soul, there's a revelation or a delight on every page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Fine Green Line | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...enjoys" playing dress-up once a year. But is once enough? Dr. Know started to fantasize about Dean Lewis as a closeted fashionista when he started gabbing passionately about his academic threads. When he told Dr. K about his 100 percent silk gown, she almost wet her panties with delight! She started dreaming about a queeny deany. He described his "true, pure silk academic gown" so deliciously, almost as if he knew Dr. K's mantra when it comes to these things--"academia-as-erotica." And then, Dean Lewis started talking dirty! He took our conversation where...

Author: By Dr. Know, | Title: Dear Dr. Know | 6/7/2000 | See Source »

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