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Last Wednesday night, I took advantage of a rare lull in work to indulge myself and watch the “Tonight Show” monologue. “Hey,” said a grinning Jay Leno. “Did you know that ‘Iraq’ is Arabic for ‘Vietnam?’” I laughed out loud, alone in my room. And then I stopped...

Author: By Anthony S.A. Freinberg, | Title: Between Iraq and a Hard Place | 3/7/2003 | See Source »

...events added to the sense of insecurity. They also raised new questions about the extent to which safety regulations at the country's nightclubs are going unenforced. Robert Plotkin, president of the National Bar & Restaurant Association, says, "The fact that these types of incidents are so rare may lull operators into this sense that safety regulations are not terribly important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Minutes To Doomsday | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

Conversely, Hochberg, the intercollegiate No. 32, came out strong against junior Aaron Zimmerman, overcoming a temporary, mid-match lull to win in four games...

Author: By Robert C. Boutwell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Squash Splits Penn/Princeton Road Trip | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...stand in the shadow of a war with Iraq, most members of the Harvard community have held their peace. Those in positions to ignite a campus-wide debate have, on the whole, kept silent and allowed the University to descend into an apathetic lull. Yet this impending threat warrants that some authority figure on campus build up the courage to broach this issue and engage students in a discussion about the oncoming conflict...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Stirring, Not Stifling | 1/31/2003 | See Source »

...tablet PC also allows text input via the touchscreen's virtual keyboard - a necessary alternative, because Microsoft's handwriting-recognition software remains irritatingly inconsistent. The Acer works better than the Newton, but it interpreted my handwritten phrase "Jack ran down the hill" as "Jade full dam its lull." I may have earned a C- in second-grade penmanship class, but my handwriting isn't that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Pencils, No More Bics | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

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