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...wildly productive that in September he will publish Cape May Court House, about a car crash that may have been a cover for murder. Posterity will have the final say, and we can assure you which way it will go, but for now it's Schiller who can preen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books by the Buddy System | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...introduces the professor’s CD, Sketches of My Culture, with the announcement that “in all modesty, this project constitutes a watershed moment in musical history.” A lesser man, having produced such a watershed work, might have been tempted to caper and preen, to indulge in self-congratulation. But Cornel West, modest genius that he is, does everything with “ego-deflating humility...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, ROSS G. DOUTHAT | Title: Let Us Now Praise Cornel West | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

...marriage and socially conscious ice cream. "It's difficult to address all the quirks of someone who is self-described quirky, and I mean that with all respect," Karen Hughes said, adding, "There's something funny there." Aides described Jeffords, who has never met a camera he would preen for or a cheap shot he would take, as a powermonger seduced by Democrats with the promise of a committee chairmanship. This, although Republicans last week were offering to waive Senate rules and make him chair for life of the Education Committee if only he would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Centrist Doesn't Hold | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...marriage and socially conscious ice cream. "It's difficult to address all the quirks of someone who is self-described quirky, and I mean that with all respect," Karen Hughes said, adding, "There's something funny there." Aides described Jeffords, who has never met a camera he would preen for or a cheap shot he would take, as a powermonger seduced by Democrats with the promise of a committee chairmanship. This, although Republicans last week were offering to waive Senate rules and make him chair for life of the Education Committee if only he would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Centrist Doesn't Hold | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...students primp and preen to wow their favorite colleges, there's one characteristic they can't control: their race. That's one reason voters, courts and politicians in six states have outlawed racial preferences in college admissions, while other colleges, fearful of lawsuits, play down their affirmative-action efforts these days. But make no mistake: race still matters. How much depends on the school and the state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, Your Race Still Matters | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

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