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They say big men don't cry. But they didn't say it last week--not if they watched Kobe Bryant speak publicly with a moist remorse that was almost Clintonian. The NBA's youngest-ever All-Star acknowledged having committed adultery. "I love my wife with all my heart. She's my backbone," he told reporters at the Staples Center, home of Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers. A tear scarred his cheek as he grasped the hand of his giga-gorgeous wife Vanessa and said, "You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Say It Ain't So, Kobe | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

...strolls down the uneven, May-moist bricks that pave most Cambridge sidewalks, Natalie Portman ’03 has something to make her the envy of many undergraduates...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Screen Queen Leads Quiet Campus Life | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

That's about as moist and mystical as it gets from Garner. For all the lofty dreams of planting liberty in fresh soil, the Bush Administration dispatched a pragmatist with a low-key manner and rolled-up sleeves to get the job done. "Jay's way," as his subordinates call it, involves no waffling, full accountability, foot on the gas, getting results. He has a staff of 200, but they were still stuck in Kuwait last week waiting to be told it was safe to set up shop in Iraq. "There is the physical thing--roads and bridges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unfinished Business | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...images. In May 1952 she took one that would prove crucially important--though until the day she died, she would never realize it. By increasing the humidity in her lab apparatus, she and graduate student Raymond Gosling discovered that DNA could assume two forms. When sufficiently moist, the molecule would stretch and get thinner, and the pictures that resulted were much sharper than anything anyone had ever seen. They called the wetter version the B form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Twist Of Fate | 2/17/2003 | See Source »

Lips are kept healthy by lipids, which are naturally produced by the body but tend to dry up in extreme climates. The goal of lip balm is to keep those lipids moist. Dr. Sandy Tsao, a dermatology instructor at Harvard Medical School, advises, "You should look for products that contain petrolatum, glycerin, lanolin or a combo of all these things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pow! How to Get It Right in the Kisser | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

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