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...have had somewhat less success in convincing perfect strangers to take the leap and say hello. Upon explaining this dilemma to my mom, she asked why I just didn’t take the initiative and say hi first. My first reaction to this most reasonable observation was to curse my mother and her damned logic in a tearful outburst, much as I did after she suggested my problems securing a date to the junior prom might be remedied by showering on a more regular basis. After collecting myself, though, I decided to do what I do with most...

Author: By P.l. Hopkins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Say | 10/2/2003 | See Source »

...many Americans, it happened after he retired and found stardom on CNN as one of the smoothest and most antiwar of the corps of generals turned commentators during the Iraq war. So maybe it was not such a surprise that just 1 1/2 hours after Clark made another career leap last week, he could be found in his spartan Little Rock, Ark., office, remote control in hand, transfixed by the talking heads' first take on his newborn presidential campaign. "A placeholder for Hillary Rodham Clinton," Pat Buchanan huffed from the screen. "I think we're seeing the idea percolating here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The General Jumps In | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

DIED. JAY MORTON, 92, writer and artist for the Fleischer animation studios who, after deciding against using lightning as a metaphor for speed, coined Superman's famous cartoon introduction, "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound"; in Charlotte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 29, 2003 | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...ASIA Pakistan: Ally and Enemy China: Great Leap Skyward Letter from Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down the Drain | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...ASIA Pakistan: Ally and Enemy China: Great Leap Skyward Letter from Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road to Redemption | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

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