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...contract between government and the governed that was founded on the consent of the people. Jefferson also, it should be noted, borrowed freely from the phrasings of others, including the resounding Declaration of Rights in the new Virginia constitution that had just been drafted by his fellow planter George Mason, in a manner that today might subject him to questions of plagiarism but back then was considered not only proper but learned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Declaring Independence: How They Chose These Words | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

...took the AP calculus class at Bell last year, struggled with the questions on the AP exam that required the use of a graphing calculator in part, she says, because she hadn't learned how to use one in class. But last year when she repeated calculus at George Mason University in Virginia, she passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Urban Kids Struggle With AP | 6/25/2003 | See Source »

...have two children within four years; she'd be divorced by 40 and still hot (thanks to Dr. Drew Franklin of the Beverly Hills Triangle) and living the good life while the nannied, tutored, personal-trained kids attended out-of-state boarding schools." Clarissa sets her sights on Aaron Mason, an extravagantly wealthy Southerner new to the film industry, and books the wedding hall and florist before their first date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tattling On Tinseltown | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

...that is empty save for a few chairs, a drained tequila bottle and back issues of Handguns for Sport and Defense magazine strewn across the floor. In his early 40s, M.R. (who only allowed his initials to be published) has the calm self-assurance of a skilled artisan; a mason or a carpenter, perhaps, a tradesman who is good with his hands. He is known?and feared?for those giant hands and his sweet, clear voice. "He'll be smiling and talking, and the next thing, he's breaking his victim's neck," a colleague says admiringly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Have & Have Not | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...Mason Hammond ’25, a Harvard professor and House master who during the 1940s hunted down art stolen by Nazis during World War II, died...

Author: By Ella A. Hoffman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Memoriam | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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