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...softened him. A creep shakes him down, and he pokes a chopstick in the guy's eye. Nishi is not post-modern so much as post-mortem. Stick a gun in his face?he has no reaction. Go ahead and shoot, his look says. I'm dead already. Oblivion is the embrace he seeks, for himself and his wife. At the end, they sit on the beach; she thanks him "for everything," and he shoots them both dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unbeaten | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...jumper in the lane at 13:47 to bring the Lions within five at 36-31, but the Crimson went on a 20-6 run over the next 8:41 to put the game away. Beginning around the 9:00 mark, the Lions hacked their way into oblivion, sending the hot-shooting Crimson to the line repeatedly...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Erases Doubts With Sweep | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

BAHA MEN Dogs are out. Time to join Right Said Fred on the bus to oblivion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 15 Who Had Their 15 | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...become increasingly ludicrous. For Houellebecq's narrator, it is only logical that a free-love commune should turn into a Satanic cult capable of appalling masochistic sexual rituals. As for his individual characters, there is of course no action for them to take other than to wander off into oblivion. Bruno checks into a mental institution where he spends the rest of his pathetic days numbing his libido with cocktail medications. Michel, after discovering a way to clone perfectly rational non-egotistical human beings that will in a few years time subsume flawed humanity, simply disappears. Such episodes could, under...

Author: By Annalise Nelson, | Title: Ups and Downs in Houellebecq's Strange, Charmed Particle World | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

...October expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement. There is no way that over half of the owners can put their names on the dotted line of a system that allows the Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Orioles, Braves, Red Sox and now the Rangers to spend them in oblivion. These smaller markets cannot permit themselves to be a de facto minor league operation for the big clubs, developing talent until they become available free agents. Yes, it's possible for a team like Oakland to compete, but GM Billy Beane has been nothing short of brilliant, and he has no room...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The 'V' Spot: Thank You, A-Rod | 12/14/2000 | See Source »

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