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...stop laughing as he recounts how his TV team once put a plastic bag over a man's face and shoved his head into a cage to watch, up close, a mongoose fight a poisonous viper. And then there's the matador story. In this TV sketch, a pick-up truck decorated to look like a bull charges a matador. "Can I run the matador over?" the driver asked. Beat's quick response: "That would be funny." Beat thrives on humor as public humiliation, but also as a refuge from the rigid social strictures of Japan. "I was sick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Beat Goes On | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...spent a couple of months in Malaysia and Australia," Zotter said. "I brought my cleats with me and played pick-up games in Malaysia every day with the indigenous people. Then I came home on Halloween and trained hard...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zotter Chosen by New York in WUSA Draft | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...hicks, just to name a few. Besides intentional differences in dress and preferred weekend social activities, a major defining characteristic of each group was their musical choice. Whether it was the rap blaring out of a low-riding Honda Civic or the twanging guitars pouring out of a Chevy pick-up's windows, individuals and groups often used music as a projection of their identity. School dances always became the musical battleground, with half the attendees refusing to dance to a particular song or musical style. Insecure teenagers used the stability of a musical genre as a defining, constant characteristic...

Author: By Lorrayne S. Ward, | Title: How Napster Opened My Eyes | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...elections in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, while the Democrats countered with a pick-up in Oklahoma...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Kennedy Victorious, Dems Gain Seats in Senate | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

...mornings, various small boats would make the rounds to the large anchored pleasure-craft offering medical services, garbage pick-up and fish for sale. There was even an ice cream...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Courage to Fly | 7/7/2000 | See Source »

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