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...themselves. Fans whisper on newsgroups about the latest Optimus sighting in a remote Walgreens, and leak unauthorized photos of a nude (well, unpainted) Ultra Magnus to the web. Needless to say, cosmetic alterations to their beloved toys are greeted with the revulsion normally reserved for Michael Jackson's latest nose...

Author: By Marcus L. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eugenesis Transforms a Childhood Classic | 2/7/2003 | See Source »

...moral argument is simple, strong and simplistic: Yasser Arafat is an evildoer who has never intended to make peace. He winks at terrorism; he tries to purchase arms from the Iranians. He flirts with peace, then flees. The ideological argument has the subtlety of a punch in the nose: it is based in the Sharon-Likud conceit that Arabs "only understand" strength. This has a certain resonance with tough guys like Rumsfeld and Cheney. America's Likudnik tilt has empowered the Sharon government to preside over a dramatic increase in illegal - that is, unapproved - West Bank settlements: 70 new outposts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Israel Is Wrapped Up in Iraq | 2/5/2003 | See Source »

...Sometimes the phrase ‘cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face’ has a sadly clear meaning,” Knowles wrote in an e-mail. “One can only be sad that a few intemperate residents will have blocked such a valuable improvement of their neighborhood...

Author: By Alexandra N. Atiya and Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Tunnel Plans Axed After Year of Negotiation | 1/31/2003 | See Source »

...only light blankets--never a duvet or a poufy quilt that could cover a baby's nose and stifle breathing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bedtime for Baby | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

...keeping the crew loose, asserting the primal jester inside the armor of a star's machismo. So to wrap up the temple take, he has a quiet word with Morgenstern and steps back to leave the actress alone--staring dolefully into the camera with a bright-red clown nose he has stuck on her face. Cut. Print. Amen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Passion of Mel Gibson | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

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