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...destinations that offer interest and beauty but don't seem geared for the masses. While living in Scotland a few years ago, I was one of those. I wanted to travel to the farthest reaches of Great Britain, far away from Stonehenge and Loch Ness. I traced my finger on the map and landed on the Shetland Isles, an archipelago that lies at the intersection of the North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, 180 miles northeast of Scotland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Travelers: Northern Exposure | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

...down. Although she criticizes self-absorption in “Narcissus,” Morisette is the very picture of the self-centered diva. “So Unsexy,” the most poignant track, is a gorgeous watercolor of the new Alanis Morissette. In 1995 screeches and finger-pointing would have dominated, while in 1998 she projected a self-reflective Zen mentality. However, 2002’s Under Rug Swept brings her inner conflict to a conscious level where Morisette herself can contemplate the ironies of being both arrogant and insecure. Further delving into Under?...

Author: By Sonya M. Lai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alanis Knows What She Wants | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...been part of many championship teams, and Harvard played like a championship team,” Wielgus said. “They’re experienced. They have five seniors that have not put a ring on their finger, and they got it this year. That’s what you need to win—experience, depth, and a little bit of luck...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comebacks, Close Games Define W. Hoops Season | 3/13/2002 | See Source »

...would grant him the stay he suddenly, desperately wanted. Jeffrey McDonald, the Green Beret captain famously tried 20 years ago for the murder of his family, was the very picture of the wrongly accused man, until he took the stand and descended into whining and self-pity - pointing a finger with precisely the kind of you're-all-against-me petulance children use when they're caught at something they're trying to deny. For his inadvertent candor, he's serving three life terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Idiocy of Evil | 3/12/2002 | See Source »

...such an implant could eventually help a person suffering from paralysis to move parts of the body the brain can't reach. If all goes well, Warwick will put a companion chip in his wife Irena and let the two implants communicate with each other. "If I move my finger, she'll feel something," he explains. "We'll be closer than anybody's been before--nervous system to nervous system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet The Chipsons | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

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