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...freaking out"--and that more than 5% ultimately reverse gears. Says Paul: "To go full force with this public commitment and set up this expectation of a wedding, then turn around and cancel is very difficult. You have to send out cards, make all these phone calls and disappoint your family and friends who've supported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling It Off | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

With junior wide receiver Rodney Byrnes still recovering from an ankle injury sustained while returning a kickoff against Brown last week, Harvard relied heavily on junior wide receiver Brian Edwards to contribute. Edwards did not disappoint, amassing a career-high 180 yards on seven receptions, including two touchdowns...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Capitalizes On Huskies' Miscues | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...Clark (who has a book coming out this month) may yet pull what one Democratic strategist calls "a reverse Arnold": convincing everyone he's running, only to say he's not at the 11th hour. If so, he will disappoint a lot of Democrats, who think his four-star-general power is just what the party needs to bolster its credibility on national security. In any event, the whole will-he-or-won't-he exercise probably hasn't been in vain; if Clark doesn't run, he is certain to be short-listed as a vice-presidential candidate. Clark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting For Wesley | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

When I began high school and had to commute to Manhattan every day, it was necessary for me to acquaint myself with this world. It did not disappoint...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, | Title: On the El | 6/27/2003 | See Source »

...problem occurred when the machine ran out of room on its puny 30-gigabyte hard drive (space enough for about 10 hours of TV at best quality). Loath to delete or miss anything TiVo had saved especially for me--who wants to disappoint a machine that has worked so hard?--I lost a lot of sleep watching things I wasn't quite in the mood for. Take the night I stayed up bleary-eyed through the three-hour Russian version of Solaris just so TiVo could cram the next day's Simpsons and West Wing onto its NOW PLAYING list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: You Can Hack It | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

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