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During a game against the Army Air Forces, Joe DiMaggio sent a Patkin pitch into the night. As DiMaggio trotted around the bases, Patkin, on the spur of the moment, decided to follow him and mimic...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Where Have You Gone, Max Patkin? | 11/3/1999 | See Source »

...think I have a social disorder," says the first one. "You know that commercial?" She lowers her voice to mimic it, "'Are you afraid to be with friends?' Well, that...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: CRLS.: The Kids Next Door | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...Crowd-Pleasers have the unique ability to score positive numbers in the polls without actually declaring either candidacy or policies ?- rather like George W. Bush in the early part of 1999. Crowd-Pleasers try to mimic Ronald Reagan?s knack for making people feel good about him without ever really being able to articulate why (although unlike today?s wussy centrists, of course, Reagan actually took firm and controversial policy stands). Of course, media plays a critical role in generating those feelings. But it wouldn?t be possible without some basic charisma. They?re not sure why they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Winning the Middle | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, however,rejects the notion that Harvard "intended blindlyto mimic [other schools'] actions...

Author: By David S. Stolzar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Activists Rouse a Dormant University | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...still don't know why soy lowers cholesterol levels in the first place. For a long time they believed the key ingredients to be isoflavones--which sounds like the name of a new rock band but in fact refers to a group of naturally occurring plant chemicals that weakly mimic the effects of estrogen hormones in some parts of the body while acting like antihormones in others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Joy Of Soy | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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