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...remains one of the best-loved English writers. Nearly all of his 100-odd novels and story collections are still in print. Wodehouse magazines and fan clubs dot the globe. Hardly a decade passes without a new movie or play inspired by his creations: the dim but affable Bertie Wooster, his long-suffering gentleman's gentleman Jeeves and their screwball cohorts at Blandings Castle and the Drones Club. So rich is Wodehouse's legacy that it is difficult to understand why he almost destroyed it. As Robert McCrum recounts in his exhaustive, elegantly written Wodehouse: A Life (Viking; 530 pages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Duke of Wooster-shire | 9/5/2004 | See Source »

...powerful a motive as money - the suicide bombers of both airliners and the subway station are believed to be Chechen women who had lost loved ones in the war. But the cycle of violence spirals downwards, as increasingly savage terror bring new crackdowns from the authorities and further dim the prospects for a political solution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hostage Bloodbath Highlights Putin's Chechen Failure | 9/4/2004 | See Source »

...Because Moore is too old to spank, he deserves a good slap in the face. He reminds me of a spoiled child who runs around saying outrageous things, to the delight of his dim-witted parents. Moore isn't cute; he's dangerous. To imply that 9/11 could have been prevented is ludicrous. Moore's anti-American rhetorical bomb throwing should not go unanswered. Joseph Calvini Sr. Mamaroneck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...shot-put competition, held in the ancient home of the Games in the stadium at Olympia by U.S. silver medallist Adam Nelson on Wednesday. The fact that he'd just suffered a heartbreaking loss of the gold medal to Ukrainian Yuriy Bilonog in the finals seconds did nothing to dim his enthusiasm for an event whose venue captured the magic of the Athens Olympiad. And it was shared by competitors, coaches and spectators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting the Shot in the Cradle of the Games | 8/19/2004 | See Source »

Because Moore is too old to spank, he deserves a good slap in the face. He's like a spoiled child who runs around saying outrageous things to the delight of his dim-witted parents. Moore isn't cute; he's dangerous. To imply that 9/11 could have been prevented is ludicrous. Moore's anti-American rhetorical bomb throwing should not go unanswered. JOSEPH CALVINI SR. Mamaroneck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 2, 2004 | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

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