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...channel my OCD into repeatedly clicking the send/receive button on Outlook in anticipation of my package notification, I muse about how I might try to remedy this cable drought were I a mob boss from New Jersey rather than a lowly student journalist from Harvard. But then again, I’ll never know. I don’t have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $18 Billion and No HBO? | 9/26/2002 | See Source »

Mohammed Rashud Ashraf is trapped deep inside enemy territory, and he's about to blow his cover. A mob of flag-waving Sri Lankans, dancing to the hypnotic beat of bongo drums, has surrounded him. Undaunted, Rashud rises from his seat, his country's colors proudly displayed on his T-shirt, and stands defiant. "Pakistan is the greatest," he screams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bowled Over by the Gentleman's Game | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

Hundreds of students waited in mob-like lines for a chance at tickets to the speech, gathering as early as 1 p.m. outside the Charles Hotel. Institute of Politics officials began distributing tickets to the crowd at 3 p.m., but many students were turned away...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Musharraf Pledges Reforms | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...times are no better for the Sopranos than for the rest of us. The Mob's economy is in a pinch, despite Tony's CEO-style fulminations that the Cosa Nostra is supposed to be "recession-proof since time immemorial!" New York City Mafia underboss Johnny Sack (Vincent Curatola) is undermining Tony with his own people, and the feds have planted a mole in the heart of the Soprano family. Tony is back in therapy, but so are his sister Janice (Aida Turturro) and daughter Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler). Most perplexing for Tony, his marriage may be unraveling; Carmela...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Back In Business | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

Yeah, yeah, you say, but who gets whacked? Well, there is an affecting, resonant death in the opening episodes (sorry, I'm not saying who), but it comes in a traffic accident, not a Mob hit. That's the trick of The Sopranos: it pulls you in with the tease of intrigue and death, and it ends up enthralling you with the passion and sadness of ordinary life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Back In Business | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

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