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...perspective. Who needs friends, or a pit crew? He's a one-man show! Ka-chow! Lightning's main rivals in the movie's opening race are "the King" (racing legend Richard Petty), who's going for one last win before he retires, and a dirty-driving mug named Chick (Michael Keaton), who's so rotten that one of his sponsor decals reads htB, for Hostile Takeover Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get Your Motor Running | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...were drinking for the environment.” Other Mather eco-projects included campaigning for the kitchen shared by Dunster and Mather dining halls to be silver-certified for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a national award given by the U.S. Green Building Council, and restoring the Student Mug Rack, which allows students to use their own mugs washed by kitchen staff, according to O’Connor. O’Connor also credited Mather’s “house spirit” for its Green Cup success. Artz said he sees the Mather victory becoming...

Author: By Matthew S. Blumenthal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mather Nabs Green Cup | 5/5/2006 | See Source »

...come along very often. Only once has the Cup ever been won by a first-time challenger. That happened in 2003, when the Swiss Team Alinghi defeated Team New Zealand in Auckland, bringing the cup to Europe for the first time since a U.S. boat won the Auld Mug, in a race off the Isle of Wight back in 1851. Africa's yachting tradition is limited, to put it kindly. Though sailors in eastern and western Africa skillfully navigate the seas in traditional craft, yacht racing has been limited in most countries to small clubs with a few dinghies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Kind Of Race | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

...often bleeding into each other and usually backed by the cacophonous melodies of a band on one side of the stage. Virtually each line is delivered with breathtaking intensity, which contributes to the tone but occasionally leads to some unintentionally amusing moments, as when Eurydice dramatically sings about the mug of pens on her writing desk. Most of the time, however, they’re singing about love, death, Hell, and obsession, so a certain excessiveness is appropriate. The actors throw themselves wholeheartedly into their demanding roles, stomping around the stage, yelling and muttering (and doing both in song form...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Orpheus’ Pushes Limits | 4/17/2006 | See Source »

DeLay, who was in Congress for 21 years, must still fight the Texas charges that cost him his post as majority leader last September. He will be long remembered for the big grin he struck in his mug shot when he was booked. "I said a little prayer before I actually did the fingerprint thing and the picture," he said. "My prayer was basically, 'Let people see Christ through me. And let me smile.' Now, when they took the shot from my side, I thought it was the fakiest smile I'd ever given. But through the camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Tom DeLay's Head | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

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