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...fighter pilot knows, it's not just how well you fight, it's how well you crash. In Vietnam, John McCain survived more than five years in a POW camp after being shot down. In this year's G.O.P. primary, the Arizona Senator--likening himself to Luke Skywalker attacking the Death Star--flew hell-for-leather against his party's anointed leader, George W. Bush, championing the anathematized cause of campaign-finance reform. McCain based his campaign on "straight talk." His forthright style earned him goodwill from the press and an intense following among independents and disaffected voters, who turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Class of 2000 | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

...took it to the student body and they voted it down; now we're trying to go behind their backs," argued member Luke R. Long...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council, Supporting Lewis, Votes to Hike Fee | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

Currently, four Walton boys are playing Division I college basketball, including Kam's cousins Chris (San Diego State), Luke (Arizona), and Nate (Princeton...

Author: By Jared R. Small, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Something Old, Something New: Four Join M. Basketball Squad | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...particularly as we age. In study after study, researchers have found that people who have strong social relationships live longer--and happier--lives. In a recent study of 2,800 people 65 and older in New Haven, Conn., for example, Carlos Mendes de Leon, at the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, found that those who had more friends were less likely to become disabled and more likely to recover if they did suffer a period of disability. In an earlier study of 11,000 people 65 and older, Teresa Seeman, now at the UCLA School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pal Power | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...Harvard Coop has expressed interest in running the Internet site and mailing list of the recently-closed Yale Co-op, but the Yale Co-op is still luke-warm on the deal, according to Jeremiah P. Murphy Jr. '73, president of the Harvard Coop...

Author: By Melissa R. Brewster, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coop Pursues Effort To Run Yale Co-op | 10/31/2000 | See Source »

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