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...stupid.'" I have to keep explaining to her that the "but" I just used in conversation is not the "butt" she's not supposed to use. Anyway, one of her least favorite words is "disaster." She knows its meaning because at some point in each of the Madeline books Miss Clavell, the all-seeing and all-knowing nun, wakes in the night sensing something is not right and then, fearing a disaster, she runs fast - then faster. So Caroline similarly fears disasters. This morning, out of the blue: "Daddy, the plane that bumped into the building. Was that a disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York's New "Normal" | 10/2/2001 | See Source »

...find [the Board Plus option] highly stimulating,” she said, “but I miss the falafel-esque quality that...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Takes Over Barker Center Cafe | 10/2/2001 | See Source »

...Junior tailback Nick Palazzo, who had 740 rushing yards last season, stepped in for Staph and picked up 98 yards on 21 rushes as the offense didn’t miss a beat. On defense, senior...

Author: By Jared A. Causer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Thrashes Leopards, 38-14 | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

Despite Room’s inherent strengths, Alicia Keys (another new-ultra-young-woman-with-substance) will likely overshadow poor Miss Branch. Keys, positively ancient at 20 years of age, has been catapulted further into public attention. Her debut LP, Songs in A Minor, has gone double-platinum in less than three months, with a no less impressive, but certainly more well-publicized effort. Like her songs, Keys is sultry, confident and poised, but she lets her material speak instead of her figure. She and Branch seem to share a kinship in that they mark a return to musical...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Michelle Branch | 9/28/2001 | See Source »

...most measures the White House is serene and especially beautiful in the crisp fall air. Gary Walters, the exuberant veteran head usher, who keeps the building that way, is following President George W. Bush's exhortation to keep life normal. "We're going after the cobwebs we miss when we get too busy," he declared He has learned to live with all the recent attempts - by private plane, truck and individual - to breach White House security. He is on that front line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing Fears at the White House | 9/28/2001 | See Source »

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