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...power of the press. In “The Harvard Syndrome,” published November 5, 2001, he argued that “the acknowledged fact that some Harvard students are lazy” and “the presence on campus of a few meatheads, legacies, and dim bulbs with bizarre talents” are used by the ignorant to draw unfair—and even blatantly false—generalizations about the University and its students...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Doubting Douthat | 2/16/2005 | See Source »

...house lights dim on the smartly-dressed, sixtyish crowd and he enters, maneuvering in the narrow space between the small dinner tables with the running-back grace of a Gale Sayers. He?s as tall as you?d expect (6ft.1) but much slimmer, in a dark, pin-striped suit, pink shirt, rose-colored tie. He announces his list of cabaret don?ts and dos: ?1. Don?t suck. 2. Do it as if you were entertaining in your living room.? Stokes? sucklessness ia a given; and the only format here is informality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Stoked! | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

...thing or two about her overseas buyers along the way. "Americans don't like images of Jesus in pain," she notes. "They prefer symbols of good luck, like angels and five-pointed stars." And although she doesn't quite say it, she thinks American revelers are a bit dim. Case in point: among her big sellers this year is a red bow with a tiny pinecone in the middle. She had paid peasants 60? a kilo to collect the cones for her, making a tidy profit when she sold them. In China, the merchants are having the merriest Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Santa's New Elves | 12/18/2004 | See Source »

...look at the country that way, it's only fair that conservatives have their moment in the sun. They may have won the battle, but their prospects for the broader culture war remain dim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Is Over, but the War Goes On | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...there are a few dim bulbs in every country. One Canadian chap who dropped by “Ask the White House” had this to say: “Small business, big bussinesman [sic], regular fellas and you all stand for your country, the world is living in dangerous times, we need AMERICA to lead in the freedom way.” (Step aside, Tom Paine...

Author: By Eoghan W. Stafford, | Title: The Policy of Truth | 12/7/2004 | See Source »

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