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...these thoughts buzzed in my head, I found myself at the edge of North Capitol Street, ready to fulfill my mandate. Admittedly, I felt a bit foolish and exposed out, standing on the corner of a busy intersection, the cars whooshing by, the pedestrians pushing past to cross the street. Though I had watched ample television and been to enough cities to see it done; It didn't seem natural to me to flag down a taxi...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: The First Time is Always Special | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

...dress rehearsal for the Asian crisis a year later. Because the world didn't end this time around, everyone is starting to believe that the situation is under control--even though proposals for international reform have been watered down to homeopathic levels. Could investors and countries really be foolish enough to make the same mistakes yet again? Of course they could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Asia Recovered? | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...planet, we have celebrated almost every aspect of the 20th century. but let's face it, it wasn't all good. The past 100 years have seen plenty of dud inventions, foolish decisions and hugely embarrassing mistakes. Here's a list, not in any particular order, of 100 really bad calls. Wonderful thing, hindsight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 100 Worst Ideas Of The Century | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...surprised to discover her many dimensions. "My work for the blind," she wrote, "has never occupied a center in my personality. My sympathies are with all who struggle for justice." She was a tireless activist for racial and sexual equality. She once said, "I think God made woman foolish so that she might be a suitable companion to man." She had such left-leaning opinions that the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover kept a file on her. And who were her choices for the most important people of the century? Thomas Edison, Charlie Chaplin and Lenin. Furthermore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Miracle HELEN KELLER | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Both Kayden and Cambridge Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55 say some change is natural, even desirable, and trying to fight it is foolish...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: THE SQUARE DEAL | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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