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...little tot is not on the brink of petering out, I think, "I can still go to work, right?" Sometimes the journey from "Fifi is about to die" to "I'm abandoning Fifi before I miss my train" can take less than three seconds. And then there's the hideous clash of wills between wanting to cuddle said sick child and not really wanting sick child's snot all over your only presentable blouse. There's a marketing opportunity here. What working mom will want to go through life without the Phlegm-Phighting Apron or SnotAway spray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Whooping Cough Attacks | 2/13/2002 | See Source »

...he’d “been having some wine” (get out!), Kevin presented some haikus that, charitably, fell under a loose definition of “haiku.” “This Spring I’ll wear high heels / I make a hideous girl / but that’s OK,” he told he audience. And he was right...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Senior Spread | 12/6/2001 | See Source »

...Edge. Maugham’s influence on Willie’s father is strong enough that, once a proper wife is found, the son gets Maugham’s first and middle names. The wife—Willie’s mother—is ugly, hideous and low-caste, another way in which his father debases himself and spites his family...

Author: By Graeme Wood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nobel Prize Winner's Newest: 'Half A Life' | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

...then we'll be in real trouble. There is a grain of truth to it, but I am tired of it. What about my anger? What about my fury? Five thousand Americans were slaughtered without provocation. American foreign policy is not perfect, but it did not cause this hideous display of evil. MICHELLE JACKSON Sacramento, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 5, 2001 | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...like, we might have to make deep and fundamental changes in the way we live our lives. That can require a lot of soul-searching and pain, something most people are loath to do. (This isn't to say the terrorists haven't already caused a hideous amount of death, pain, and destruction, but it is to put those things into some perspective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthrax: Extracting Fact From Fear | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

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