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Therein lies a tale that is legend to those who watched it unfold. On April 12, 1964, George W. Bush, in an appearance before the school assembly, staged a campy takeover of the school's intramural stickball league, declaring himself high commissioner and installing various classmates as flunkies. He went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Card-Carrying Preppy | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

But the state wanted more. In March, the Communist Party confined Liu to a hotel room for five days with renounced Falun Gong practitioners. They picked apart the spiritual movement's doctrine and blamed Liu, a 31-year-old grammar-school art teacher, for ruining her family. By the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Breaking Point | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

Clinton himself initiated a year-long dialogue on race during his final year in office, creating a government office to “keep the nation focused on closing the opportunity gap” between races, while convening corporate and religious leaders to pledge to renew diversity in their workplaces...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clinton Speaks at Shorenstein Center | 6/29/2001 | See Source »

If we're going to keep companies like American Greetings afloat, the industry has some serious work to do. Let's face it: Right now, people are turning to other outlets for their sentimental needs because traditional greeting cards are in a sad state. Gone are the gentle witticisms of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decline of the Greeting Card: We Care Enough to Send Their Very Worst | 6/20/2001 | See Source »

Even before the campaign started, the C.R.E. asked M.P.s to sign a pledge calling on candidates to refrain from stirring up racial hostility. It sounds harmless, but some refused on the grounds that it was wrong for the group to enforce "political correctness." Shortly thereafter, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook suggested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Importance of Being British | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

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