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...Dumbest Duo to Monopolize Time of Lonely Boys with Nothing to Do but Watch TV and Go ''Heh-Heh, Heh-Heh'' Beavis and Butt-head, the cartoon troglodytes who critique (and promote) MTV videos. Their show became a teen fave and a parent's bane. In a crowded field, B. & B. were the year's top icons of idiot chic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST SHOW BUSINESS OF 1993 | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...dumbest investment I ever made was to buy an apartment in Manhattan in the late '80s.  Prices were soaring, and it seemed like an effortless way to get rich, so my brother and I pooled our money and bought a place for $327,000. Within 18 months, the market tanked and the apartment's value plunged by a third. By then our tenant--who turned out to be a coke-snorting stripper--had stopped paying rent. When I threatened to change the locks, she whacked me on the head with her handbag and warned, "I know people in this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: Shanghai Fever | 7/18/2005 | See Source »

BEST PUNCH: In one episode an army of Homer clones wreaks havoc on Springfield. The dumbest clone is Peter Griffin, Homer's counterpart from Family Guy--a not-so-subtle jab at the fellow Fox show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feud of the Week Jul. 25, 2005 | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

When Summers unveiled HFAI last year, he made a striking point to illustrate why it was so crucial: the dumbest rich kids in the country were going to college at the same rate as the smartest poor kids. In other words, a student’s chances of attending college often had more to do with money than merit...

Author: By Sam Teller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Merit Over Money | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...dumbest investment I ever made was to buy an apartment in Manhattan in the late '80s. Prices were soaring and it seemed like an effortless way to get rich, so my brother and I pooled our money and bought a place for $327,000. Within 18 months, the market had tanked and the apartment's value had plunged by a third. By then, our tenant?who turned out to be a coke-snorting stripper?had stopped paying rent. When I threatened to change the locks, she whacked me on the head with her handbag and warned: "I know people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betting on the Shanghai Boom | 4/16/2005 | See Source »

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