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President George W. Bush is a tax-cutting, neoconservative automaton. His State of the Union Address last night, filled with trickle-down rhetoric so blindingly simplistic that even the most delinquent of Ec. 10 students could knock it down, confirmed this. What is a lot more disturbing, though, is how the Democrats fall for his predictable political ploys...

Author: By Stephen W. Stromberg, | Title: No New Tax Cuts | 1/29/2003 | See Source »

...definitely play better when it’s a tough physical match and so today was fun,” she said. “They couldn’t catch us so I think they were trying to knock us over...

Author: By John R. Hein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ruggiero, W. Hockey Unload on Physical Wayne State | 1/6/2003 | See Source »

...Factors: The Giants have been getting some good kick and punt returns out of Delvin Joyce, but the rest of the special teams for both clubs are anything but. Each team's offense could wind up with good field position after a mistake. The biggest knock on the 49ers is that they lack a killer instinct. So the question is, Are they ready to knock someone in the jaw, or are they best defined as a team whose best player is more concerned about coordinating his touchdown celebration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL Playoff Preview: Round 1 | 1/2/2003 | See Source »

...Japan, where Reebok sells them from vending machines at airports and train stations. In the U.S. the shoes are being marketed as high fashion and are available only at trendy stores like Barneys in New York City and Fred Segal in Los Angeles. But Reebok says it expects knock-off versions of the shoes to soon show up in discount chains. Watch out, Keds. --By Desa Philadelphia

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sneakers for Highflyers | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

...daughter hostage," says Tatyana Frolova, a notary public whose teenage daughter, Dasha, died in October when Russian commandos stormed Moscow's Theater Center on Dubrovka, where 41 Chechen terrorists held some 850 people hostage. "But those who ordered what they called the 'rescue operation' I hate even more." To knock out the terrorists before the raid, the Russians used a still unidentified gas that also hammered the hostages. At least 127 hostages were killed by the gas at the scene or died later from its aftereffects. "There were no medical personnel at the place, only us and cops," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 12/15/2002 | See Source »

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