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...that I'm older I don't need it so badly. I have lots of trees around my house, and nobody's thrown a punch at me since high school. Still, I always have a version of "Kong" around. It's an emotional insurance policy, a government bond I can cash out when things get to be too much. People do funny things when they're hurting; some of them drink, some of them cry, some of them just go to bed. The night my grandmother died my grandpa sat alone in his living room and read "Treasure Island" from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monkey On My Back | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

Illingworth says that out of respect for the 100 plus year tradition of the Hasty Pudding Social Club he would like to find a way for the group--which currently selects it members through a "punch" process--to stay in the building after the College has renovated the space...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pudding Fix-up Lags, Show Goes On | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...waiting for the MARCH MADNESS punch line, you ain't gonna...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March to Sea: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

Arafat is a civil engineer by training, and he sees himself as more of a plodder than a brinksman. He will tell you about his long march, starting in '48 salvaging World War II rifles in the Egyptian desert. Yet the allure of a knockout punch has always proved his undoing. He envies the F.L.N. triumph over the French in Algeria, Khomeini's thundering revolution in Iran. His Palestine Liberation Organization gambits to become the de facto leader in Jordan and later in Lebanon dragged both countries into civil war. In the Gulf War, he bet on Saddam. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting For History To Happen | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...first-half form with one of its grittiest efforts of the season. St. Lawrence entered the contest winners of eight of its last nine games. Even with its superstar center, Erik Anderson, out of the lineup with an ankle sprain, the Saints had firepower to spare--especially considering the Punch & Judy show that had been the Crimson's defense as of late...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: Hey, Itsa the Popa | 2/20/2001 | See Source »

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