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...having him gargle with Flit." A male and a female mosquito stand before a minister mosquito, with a scowling fourth figure holding the spray at the groom: "The Flit Gun Wedding." A bug stands in front of the business end of the spray gun, a rope attached to the pump: "The suicide." In a tribute to his ancestors, Geisel did one ad in semi-German: "Quick Heinrich, Das Flit" (Should it be "Raus"?) The campaign expanded to book form, with a collection of the published ads, and a promotional movie, produced by Warner Bros. It showed a whale being menacing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Seuss on First | 3/2/2004 | See Source »

...realm of darkness" and "The ground is uneasy, and old secrets have begun to rise to the surface." The second is a slightly ham-handed satire of corporate medicine, with Ed Begley Jr. as hospital administrator Dr. Jesse James (get it?) jazzed about the money the rich artist could pump into the hospital. (On Rickman's arrival, a nurse mentions the need to perform a "wallet biopsy" to see how he's equipped to pay for his care.) The staff includes eccentric brain surgeon Dr. Hook (Andrew McCarthy) and pompous chief neurologist Dr. Stegman (Bruce Davison). Among the patients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Managed Health Scare | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...before the ICJ sessions began. That same day, the move was upstaged by a suicide bomber who killed eight on a Jerusalem bus; Israeli officials said a finished fence could have averted the attack. The ICJ case seems to have helped Sharon's government at home, allowing it to pump up its probarrier p.r. and giving it a chance to cast the few Israelis who oppose the fence as in league with anti-Israeli forces. But the maneuvering doesn't impress those who would prefer a tougher international stance on the fence. "Diplomats are shying away from using clear language...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fence Goes on Trial | 2/29/2004 | See Source »

...really enjoyed playing amongst the other Harvard tennis team guys, the undergrads,” Tseng said. “[They] were still yelling, ‘Go Harvard, go HBS,’ just to pump me up, and that camaraderie that I had back when I was competing as an undergraduate was still very much evident...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HBS Students Compete Against Undergrads | 2/24/2004 | See Source »

Talk to someone who saw Rogus pump his fist and point to the crowd as he strolled down the court to take the game-icing technical free-throws...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King James Bible: Lavietes Comes Alive for M. Hoops | 2/18/2004 | See Source »

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