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...wuss. And yet I've never told people to pipe down when they were disturbing my peace with their too-loud blatherings on a cell phone. I let them disrupt my naps on the morning train. I even turn the other cheek in restaurants or at the movie theater. Instead, I quietly simmer, indulging violent fantasies that involve the loud-mouthed caller's being stranded in a swamp with nothing but his cell phone and a starving, 1,200-lb. alligator named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cell-Phone Zapper | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...result of the tighter enforcement, bouncers, barkeeps and store clerks have become more adept than ever at spotting even the most undetectable fake ID's--the wink-wink attitude depicted by the Globe three years ago seems like a pipe dream for students whose fakes are getting snatched...

Author: By Dan Rosenheck, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Puritan Beantown: Hub Cracks Down on Alcohol | 11/29/2000 | See Source »

...puck, Botterill found herself stationed in the deep left corner of the ice. Yards away from any defender, she darted unobstructed towards the net. With a variety of options to choose from as she strode into the crease, she took the easiest one--slipping the puck inside the left pipe...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shewchuk Sets Milestone in W. Hockey Sweep | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...their task. The previous night, gun battles had raged between the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo and the Palestinian town of Beit Jalla. Israel had fired tank shells and missiles. An Israeli security guard had been shot in East Jerusalem, and even as Peres set off for Gaza a pipe bomb exploded near the Jerusalem Theatre. Peres knew that to travel from Jerusalem to Gaza, a distance of 50 miles, is, in terms of the perception of the fighting, a voyage to a different world. Peres told TIME he tried to put himself in Arafat's shoes. "What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At The Speed Of Hate | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...said zamboni problems are not unprecedented in college hockey. She said several years ago, Colgate University needed to borrow a zamboni for one of their games. And she said that during the NCAA tournament around five years ago, players had to skate on melting ice because of a burst pipe in the rink...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Zambonis Send Smoke Into Ice Rink, Force Game Delays | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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