Word: jim
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...suburban alderman. Scan the NFL's list of statistical league leaders, and you won't find many Bears. The closest thing this club has to stars is linebacker Brian Urlacher, 23, an NFL defensive rookie of the year last season; first-year running back Anthony Thomas, 23; and quarterback Jim Miller, 30. The soft-spoken Miller is a rookie of sorts, who got the starting job practically by default in his third year with the Bears. He has ridden the bench for so long--seven seasons with Chicago, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and Atlanta--that his pants are pine scented...
...Julian Barbour has an unconventional theory: time does not really exist; it's an illusion created by the nature of our ability to perceive events. Can I then infer that your magazine is also an illusion and the subscription bills I get are a product of my faulty perceptions? JIM MCINVALE Columbia...
...Argentina, with its five Presidents in two weeks, was confusing. Because of a quirk in New Jersey's constitution, that state will have four Governors in nine days this month. Governor Donald DiFrancesco will step down on Jan. 8, when the new legislature is sworn in. But Governor-elect Jim McGreevey will not take office until Jan. 15. State law decrees that in the interim the post must be filled by the senate president. But because the senate is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, the leader of each party will run the state for three days. And all plan...
Donald DiFrancesco (R.): steps down on Jan. 8 John Bennett (R.): Jan. 8-11 Richard Codey (D.): Jan. 12-15 Jim McGreevey (D.): takes office...
...potentially disastrous strike by actors was averted. Judging by the results from this holiday movie season, the moguls shouldn't have been so worried: big stars, once the industry's most dependable insurance policy, carried little clout at the box office. Major holiday releases with expensive stars like Jim Carrey (The Majestic) and Meg Ryan (Kate & Leopold) bombed, and even Tom Cruise couldn't turn Vanilla Sky into a blockbuster. Meanwhile, star-free projects like Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings set box-office records. "With many of 2001's big hits, the draw was not a star...