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...award for literature went to Dr. MaraSidoli of Washington, D.C., for her report,"Farting as a Defense Against Unspeakable Dread,"published in the Journal of Analytical Psychology...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ig Nobels Awarded In Zany Ceremony | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...that familiar genre seems at times the antithesis of standard romance. Robert Jones, 50, meets Kassima, 35, at a dance club, and she eventually invites him back to her house. Good sex leads to good conversation and then to love, an emotion that fills Kassima with terror and dread. Within a recent span of 10 months, both of her teenage sons were killed by gang violence in her Pittsburgh neighborhood and their father died of aids he contracted in prison. After she sees a gang member threaten Robert on a playground basketball court, Kassima decides that he is another doomed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hard Love | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

Congressmen and commentators spoke of being in "uncharted territory." They used the term in the way that medieval cartographers wrote "Here Be Monsters" on old maps--meaning that we are in the place where knowledge ends and dread begins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Familiar Uncharted Territory | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...basketball, 44 is a remarkable score for one player. In TV, however, 44 shows isn't so hot. MAGIC JOHNSON, whose famous friends and sweet nature couldn't make up for his dread of the camera, has been axed after nine weeks. He was good about it but still not funny. "You know what they say, it's not over until the fat lady sings," he said on Thursday night's show. "Well, she's gonna have to sing tonight..." With that, a woman began to sing. Never mind, Magic, there's always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 17, 1998 | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...does is win games. How? He finds a batter's weak spot and throws right at it nearly every time, which is why he will probably win an unprecedented fifth Cy Young pitching award this year. Still, the folks in Major League Baseball's promotion department must dread him. He doesn't even look like an athlete. His 175 lbs. are a little doughy, and when he's not on the mound in contact lenses, the guy wears nerdy glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greg Maddux: Gentle Tamer Of The Brutes | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

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