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...anxieties of being twentysomething, and cast a shadow over her early successes. She still can't resist dotting the pages with inside references to everything from Tupac Shakur to Harold Bloom. But this time she shows greater restraint - and self-awareness. In the past, Smith's chief flaw was similar to that of Zora Belsey, Howard's ambitious daughter, a sophomore at his university, who tries too hard to show off her literary cool. Through Zora, Smith now pokes fun at this fault. The girl's cringeworthy attempts to achieve bohemian-chic status are sensitively chronicled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Growing Up Gracefully | 9/11/2005 | See Source »

ANATOMY OF A FLAW NASA spent more than two years and $1 billion to make sure that the accident that doomed Columbia in 2003 couldn't happen again. Despite assurances that it was safe to launch Discovery, several pieces of foam broke free during takeoff last week, forcing an embarrassed NASA to put all future flights on hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why NASA Can't Get It Right | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

...weathered his years of wagering better than many. He never lost his wife or his home--although he has refinanced the house nine times. "Cards and Vegas were the two biggest things in my life," he says. "I'm a helluva poker player, but I have one serious flaw: I can't get my ass off the chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Gambling Becomes Obsessive | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

...don’t really place the blame on Dorm Crew,” he said. “The kids are great workers and they were here last year and did a great job and nothing happened. Instead, the flaw is in the system, but we have such a short turnaround time that what we have now is the best...

Author: By Adam M. Guren, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Thieves Strike Leverett House | 6/27/2005 | See Source »

Faith, of course, is one thing and should be honored in its sphere. But from an empirical point of view, one flaw with I.D. is that when you look at people, there seems to be so much room for, well, BETTER design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Call That Intelligent? | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

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