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...emboldens the princes to plot, of course, if they think the king has gone mad. Appropriations Committee chairman Bob Livingston, who owed his position to Gingrich, was already calling members, testing out the idea that he might run for Speaker, while others, such as conservative Steve Largent, began sniffing around other leadership seats. Livingston even called Gingrich and suggested in passing that he resign, but Gingrich did not seem alarmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fall Of The House Of Newt | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...Covey's The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, in which the banalities are broken down and presented as "steps" and "affirmations" and hence made easily digestible to the hungry hordes. Such books, in fact, seemed to be Gingrich's main source of inspiration as a thinker. He was mad for lists and jargon. In speeches and seminars he spoke of the triangle of American progress, the nine zones of creativity, the four great truths and--his personal favorite--the five pillars of American civilization. (For those taking notes, the five pillars are personal strength, history, entrepreneurial free enterprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye, Brave Newtworld | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

Many clubs have Punch Books in which club members comment on the performance of punches at such events. In these books I've seen comments such as, "This guy pulls mad trim, must admit," translating to, "This punch will attract a lot of women, accept him." Other comments detail how "cool" a punch is, who his girlfriend is and other superficial descriptions related to his prowess in attracting women...

Author: By David B. Friedland, | Title: Facing the Scars of Final Clubs | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

...looks mad and says, "Oh shit. Not you again...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Dan L. Gruenberg, Debra P. Hunter, and Sonia Inamdar, S | Title: Does He Like You? | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...Saturday is a chance to get out of Harvard, pet some horses and watch the Harvard equestrian team compete in their last show of the fall season. The show is sponsored by Boston University and is a mere 25 miles outside of Boston at Holly Hill Farm. Directions are mad complicated--if interested contact Michael Haynie at mhaynie@fas, FREE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LISTINGS | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

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