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Lewis said he's not quite set either, noting that the desk now in his office--custom-made for John B. Fox Jr. '59, the tall former dean of the College--is too high...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deans Move Back Into Renovated University Hall | 1/17/2001 | See Source »

...snow. It was a sobering dose of reality for what had up to that point been a pleasant but purely imaginary endeavor. As I sat slumped in the car on the way home, feeling heretofore unknown muscles in my ass (pivotal for skating, largely unused while sitting at a desk) tighten and cramp, there was no doubt that it was going to be a long haul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happiness Is a Warm Gun on a Cold Day | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...each of us has to find our own Calcutta," says Irwin Hentschel, who promised the nun she'd use her business savvy to help the world's neediest people, especially women and children, help themselves. Her foundation supports humanitarian causes in several countries, but rather than sit behind a desk writing checks, Irwin Hentschel likes wading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Her Own Calcutta | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...room, where I was not only older than all the other test takers but also older than the teacher monitoring the test. A large carving of Jesus hung above the blackboard, and a copy of TIME magazine, in which I'm pretty sure I mentioned masturbating, lay on a desk. I was sure I was going to hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Excuse To Mention My 1480 Sat Score | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...arrive at my hotel in Rio de Janeiro, the first person I see in the lobby is Michael Stipe, the lead singer of R.E.M. He's standing near the concierge desk at the Copacabana Palace wearing a green T-shirt and white bath slippers with blue straps. He's got stubble going on his chin and cheeks that's somewhere between I-haven't-gotten-around-to-grooming-myself-lately and I'm-growing-a-beard-as-part-of-a-midlife-change. As he leaves the hotel I think, wow, alternative rock has gotten a little old. Stipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock and Redemption in Rio | 1/11/2001 | See Source »

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