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...need to be a Muslim or even that bright a bulb to create deadly mayhem. Richard Reid, the would-be shoe bomber, was a klutz, but one who might have downed an airliner en route to the U.S. in the days after 9/11. But the Miami warehouse cult that gave Cheney the willies seemed like they'd have trouble finding a Sears let alone blowing up the Sears Tower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toying With Terror Alerts? | 7/7/2006 | See Source »

...incompetent actress Ariane) and preposterous dialogue by Cimino and Oliver Stone. Soporific when it is not offensive, Year of the Dragon may some day engender a confessional memoir from Dino De Laurentiis, who was gullible enough to produce this crime against film. He could call the book Final Klutz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Guess Who Flunked the IQ Test? | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...while avoiding any major conflicts with foreign leaders or domestic policy makers. According to Wessel, the most impressive thing about Summers at the Treasury was “how hard he worked at courting the press and trying to undo this image of being Washington’s smartest klutz...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How Larry Got His Rep | 3/3/2005 | See Source »

...five-card poker game), but I’ve always been a card player. In fourth grade it was Chinese poker, then hearts. Four of us would set up a notebook between our knees on the bus, or push the trays aside at lunch and play some more. The Klutz Guide to Becoming a Card-Shark was my favorite book...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hedging Your Bets | 4/22/2004 | See Source »

...that I definitely was not in danger of losing my memory. The rationale: "If you misplace your keys, you'll find them. But if you find them and don't know what they're for, then you're in trouble!" When I told my daughter I felt like a klutz, she said, "Don't worry, Mom, you've misplaced things and been a klutz for 40 years! Nothing has changed!" What a reassuring put-down! MONA MOFFAT Fort Myers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 3, 2000 | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

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