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...show was a big, crushing disappointment. It was the reverse of "The Sixth Sense" - instead of a cool ending that made the whole thing more interesting, the ending made what had proceeded it even more boring and foolish. I felt like I had watched one of those pay-per view Mike Tyson fights where there are like a million clowns on the undercard and the main bout ends up with somebody biting somebody else's nose and so the whole thing is a waste. There were a few nice moments - Shelby Lynne's win for Best New Artist was well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grammys Postmortem | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

Rosenthal may be foolish, but what is he doing that is so terrible? You may not agree that your soul needs saving, but why is he wrong to try as long as he isn't prying away your soul against your will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Want to Convert? Just Say No | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...Harvard did a great job, but I'm not surprised they played well," said Penn Coach Fran Dunphy. "We just weren't playing well as a team and we did foolish things defensively...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Basketball Upsets Pennsylvania | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...option of going high-tech, but "there will always be people who want a paper ticket and a flesh-and-blood check-in person to talk to." He's got a point. When your connection is snowed in and you miss the big meeting, you'll look a bit foolish screaming at a camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 007 Doesn't Check In — Why Should We? | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

Soros wants us to imagine this same idea-crash-burn cycle writ much larger. What if we are wrong about the notion that the world's economies are coalescing into a vibrant, profitable whole? What if we are foolish to be congratulating ourselves on having cured recessions in the same way we once tackled smallpox? Soros, who made a fortune looking for and finding mistakes, worries we are making one now. He picks up on these errors by listening to his money. These days he doesn't like what he hears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Be a Billionaire: Worry! | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

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