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...Late Night will air TV's first clay-animated rerun. "This took four very low-paid people a long time to do," says O'Brien. "And thank God we didn't have the money to do it right, because that would have looked really boring." The Mr. Bill--style animation covers all aspects of the repeat, from the monologue to guests MR. T, Richard Lewis and Johnny Knoxville--even the movie-promo clips. "In some of the shots you'll see a hand come in and adjust a head or something," says O'Brien. "It may be the least professional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 19, 2003 | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

...normally reserved for top athletes and rock stars. He has been made the superhero of a comic book--a coveted business honor. And in a poll of Japanese women, he was voted one of the top four men they would most want to father their children. Widely known as "Mr. Fix It," CEO Ghosn has lifted Nissan from near bankruptcy and in just four years has given it industry-leading profit margins, a debt-free balance sheet and a fleet of popular, critically acclaimed cars and trucks. He is leading the bold expansion by foreign carmakers eager to build more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Motor Trends: Le Cost Killer | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

...Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: Imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless he is of the Wheatstone Bridge-double differential CH3C6H2(NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you have punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want to read...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/14/2003 | See Source »

...remind you, necessarily to people who have locked themselves in Lamont for a week and seminared and outlined and underlined and typed their notes and argued out all of Leibniz’s fallacies with their mothers. They often get A’s too, but as Mr. Carswell points out, this takes too long. There are other ways...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/14/2003 | See Source »

...were met by many, many members of the community who begged us not to offer this job to Mr. Fowler-Finn,” she said. “His proven experience was very impressive...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook and Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: City Picks Superintendent | 5/14/2003 | See Source »

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