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...worst thing unspecific fear can do is to seep into the bloodstream so that all of life is poisoned, and even in those moments when nothing is going wrong--sweet moments with family, walks in the park--one feels that life is on the verge of a mad explosion. For the entirety of its existence, Israel has lived with the fear of terrorism, and learned to alchemize that fear into resolve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fear Not Specific To Target | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...proves this in Bandits' first minutes by stealing a concrete-mixing truck and using it to crash out of the Oregon state pen. Terry Collins (Billy Bob Thornton) thinks he's a smart guy but is actually a hilarious hypochondriac. Kate Wheeler (Cate Blanchett) is a homemaker driven mad by her husband's solipsistic indifference. Very quickly they constitute themselves as "the Sleepover Bandits." Their m.o. is to invade the home of a small-town bank manager at night, take the family hostage and, bickering all the way, waltz into the vault before the bank opens in the morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Crime Capers | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

That said, Zorba is a perfect vehicle for aging stars. North Shore originally cast real-life couple Olympia Dukakis (Mr. Holland’s Opus) and Louis Zorich (Paul Reiser’s father on Mad About You), but both left the production because of scheduling conflicts. The show, however, misses nothing with the stars it does possess...

Author: By Brian ROSS Lowdermilk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Greeks Sing, Dance, Make Merry | 10/12/2001 | See Source »

...have done impressively ridiculous and weird things such as demonstrating that, biochemically, romantic love is indistinguishable from obsessive-compulsive disorder or creating the self-perfuming business suit. Although many of the ideas and discoveries of the recipients are fairly useless, that’s just the way these mad scientists like it. The awards are presented to the year’s winners by somewhat bemused Nobel laureates. Presenters this year include Sheldon Glashow, Dudley Herschbach, William Lipscomb, Richard Roberts, Robert Wilson, and many others...

Author: By A. J. Boguchwal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ignobility Tonight | 10/4/2001 | See Source »

Most of the school thinks that some of the stuff Zeke talked about probably happened but are mad about the way it was handled, says Durham. He was not fixing anything. He was out to get back at the school. The whole thing turned into a crusade against sexual molestation, which has its place, but it was weird in the context...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Groton Not Forgotten | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

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