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...foresees his future as a lonely bum--unless he builds a table in Shop. In Habit Patterns, Barbara sobs because she's a slob ("You make a pretty picture," the catty narrator says, "with your rumpled skirt, your spotted sweater and your hair in a tizzy"). John, in Narcotics: Pit of Despair, takes that first fatal drag on a joint and instantly becomes a heroin addict. What could be spookier? A Date with Your Family, in which five pod people purporting to be a suburban family sit down to dinner. "Pleasant, unemotional conversation," we are told, "helps digestion." Hey, what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Camp in the Classroom | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

GARY BAUER Church Lady's mosh-pit attack on Keyes backfires; campaign sags; time to go back to direct mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 7, 2000 | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...first-years mixing liquor with the cosa nostra. we've got a trip to finagle-a-whatever that flies in the ugly face of atkins wisdom. we get serious with alan keyes as he shows us the meaning of god and country in the mosh pit. and we've got the inside flavor on Let's Go, which is not just a figure of speech but also a travel outfit run by your classmates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: fmdial | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

Despite their strong showing in Iowa, Steve Forbes and Alan Keyes found themselves in a kind of social-conservative mosh pit, while Bush and McCain thrashed it out onstage. McCain repeatedly asserted the authority of his military and political experience in a series of calculated put-downs of Governor Bush, challenging him to provide specifics on vague promises of tax cuts and military spending reduction. Both men affirmed anti-abortion positions, but refused to be goaded into hard-line positions by the social conservatives. Bush was, however, stung by Forbes' unflattering characterization of his achievements as Texas governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iowa Results Define New Hampshire Debates | 1/27/2000 | See Source »

Finally, the evacuated residents migrated next door to the Gordon Indoor Track and Tennis Facility. There, children played on the mats in a pole vault pit that earlier in the day had been used in a track meet...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peabody Terrace Explosion Leads to Evacuation | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

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