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...With such grandstanding political gestures it's little wonder that Schröder has become the target of criticism herself. Fellow Greens in the European Parliament have called her a "mischief-maker" and a "pain in the neck" and even demanded her expulsion from the party. Despite such censure, Schröder remains undeterred. "In contrast to [German Foreign Minister Joschka] Fischer & Co., my political statements are firmly grounded in the Green manifesto," she contends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Lose Friends and Influence People | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...lives, providing a wonderful frame of reference in which to see his actions. And although his story deals primarily with his struggles to over obstacles such as the English language and malicious classmates, Asgedom manages to slip in some entertaining sketches of his young life, such as a Halloween mischief and the theft of a parking meter...

Author: By Rebecca Cantu, Patrick S. Chun, and Jessica S. Zdeb, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Harvard In Print | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

Before we assume that the market for human clones consists mainly of narcissists who think the world deserves more of them or neo-Nazis who dream of cloning Hitler or crackpots and mavericks and mischief makers of all kinds, it is worth taking a tour of the marketplace. We might just meet ourselves there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby, It's You! and You, and You... | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

Before we assume that the market for human clones consists mainly of narcissists who think the world deserves more of them or neo-Nazis who dream of cloning Hitler or crackpots and mavericks and mischief makers of all kinds, it is worth taking a tour of the marketplace. We might just meet ourselves there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Human Cloning: Baby, It's You! And You, And You... | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...more at ease inside it; he revels in this sociopath's freedom from scruple. Lecter's deadliest weapon is not his teeth or other cutlery but his gift for the jugular--his ability to discern and exploit human weakness. Hopkins plays him, suavely, as the anticonscience, the voice of mischief inside anyone with ambition and a grudge. The Devil works in whispers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Brain Food and Soul Food | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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