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...meeting was awful. My hands shook, if they weren’t tightly grasping the can. Every time the editor asked me something, I had no idea what was going on, and was outdrawn by Super Intern every time. I didn’t eat anything that entire day, didn’t need to, I had my Power Horse...

Author: By Candace I. Munroe | Title: Horse Power | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

...Vegas has upped not only the sex but the violence as well. Boxing has been outdrawn by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (U.F.C.), a chain-link-caged, rule-free (unless you count "no biting, no eye-gouging"), bare-knuckle competition so bloody it once was decried by Senator John McCain and the American Medical Association, banned by New York State and dropped by pay-per-view cable. Match results are covered by the Las Vegas Review Journal's sports pages. At a bout last month, audience members included Shaquille O'Neal (who the owners say once asked them to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strip Is Back! | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...Toward the end of our chat, she lets me touch her breast to feel the implant. I cannot figure out if this is an intimate form of bonding or just a Vegas handshake. The new Vegas has upped not only the sex but also the violence. Boxing has been outdrawn by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (U.F.C.), a chain-link-caged, rule-free (unless you count "no biting, no eye-gouging") contest so bloody it has been decried by the American Medical Association, banned by New York and dropped by pay-per-view cable. At a bout last month, spectators included...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lovin' Las Vegas | 7/25/2004 | See Source »

...tragedy? The question harks back to the classic gun-control debate. "CCW permits are not the answer," says Whitmore. "They give you a false sense of security." She argues that the regrets of people like Gratia are outweighed by the regrets of those who had guns but found themselves outdrawn. And certainly Whitmore would be right to distinguish a tinge of the overheated in another of Anderson's satisfied customers, retiree Bob Chadwick. "I won't come downtown much anymore," he says, grabbing an application for his .44-cal. Magnum. "It's a jungle, and it's spreading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gun Control: LICENSE TO CONCEAL | 3/27/1995 | See Source »

...show on television this season is CBS's 60 Minutes: the investigatory escapades of Rather and fellow Correspondents Wallace, Safer and Harry Reasoner are seen by some 40 million Americans each Sunday evening. A celebrity-studded version of 60 Minutes, ABC's 20-month-old magazine show 20/20, has outdrawn its Thursday-night entertainment competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Face of TV News | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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