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...this point, the Crimson was up 57-45 with three minutes left and looking to put the nail in the coffin...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Basketball Splits Ivy Road Trip to New York | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...time it makes us feel bad because we don't match up." She recalls that the pressure to look good began in fourth grade, when a lot of her peers started worrying about their weight. Now a sixth-grader, Sarah has a formidable collection of lip gloss, nail polish and eye glitter (the only makeup her mother allows her to wear). Yet even she believes there should be limits: she would never wear some of Britney's more daring attire, she says, because "there's a difference between looking cool and looking like a slut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britney Brigade | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...bench, sit her down and leave. "I thought Babita had come home for a visit," says Shekhar. But when he walked over, he found Babita slumped, barely conscious. The right side of her head was so swollen it hung over her ear. Her body was covered in nail scratches and bruises. Her thumb was broken. Shekhar ran to fetch his mother, and they rushed Babita to a hospital, where a doctor diagnosed a severe concussion. Then, gathering a furious crowd of neighbors, the family went to the police. Faced with an angry mob, Batra and her brother were arrested after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestics | 2/4/2001 | See Source »

...biggest dance, this year's game-within-the-game will feature some quality old-time spots. Are we back in the advertising-as-art glory years of the '80s, when Mean Joe Greene tossed towels and Ridley Scott introduced the MacIntosh? That, like a repeat of last year's nail-biting Rams-Titans finish - or even Bud's fad-making "Wassup" spots - may be too much to hope for. But at least we won't be wondering this Super Sunday what AutoTrader.com was thinking in putting on a $2 million cartoon. (Though we may miss the dot-com zaniness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ad Bowl XXXV Pregame Show | 1/27/2001 | See Source »

...widely expected to win confirmation, but the extended three-day hearing facilitated a vociferous opposition to his nomination, both in and outside the hearing room. Tensions rose as lobbyists like NARAL's Kate Michelman took the stand Thursday to rail against Ashcroft, painting his confirmation as the proverbial nail in the coffin of women's reproductive rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Abortion Rights Lobby: Why Is John Ashcroft Public Enemy No. 1? | 1/19/2001 | See Source »

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