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...life of Charlie Brown, relating many of the most famous scenes in the cartoon—from Charlie’s loss at the championship baseball game to Schroeder’s Beethoven performances and Lucy’s five-cent psychology. In between, the characters quip and sing songs expounding on the meaning of life, love and, most importantly, dinner...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Charlie Brown Charms in Mather | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

...Fifi” L. Cobas ’04, Emily R. Lowther ’04, Meghan A. Weathers ’04 and Jason W. Chiang ’04 founded Your Mom Clothing last month, which features t-shirts for guys and girls with the simple quip “your mom.” written across the chest...

Author: By J.k. Ames, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yeah, Your Mom | 4/17/2003 | See Source »

...their skin but by the content of their character." A short time later, when King and other leaders of the March on Washington filed into the Cabinet Room to lobby for stronger provisions in Kennedy's proposed civil rights legislation, the President greeted King with a smile and a quip: "I have a dream." --By Jack E. White

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aug. 28, 1963 | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...Miller’s best quip about the Iraq situation? My vote would be for this one, concerning The New York Times editorial board, delivered on “Donahue” in mid-February: “If only Saddam Hussein would open an all-male country club somewhere in Iraq, so the Times could get behind this invasion.” Clever as always...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: That's Just His Opinion | 3/12/2003 | See Source »

...pushing for a clearly defined territorial compromise along the lines of Resolution 242 as the required destination for the two sides once they have ended their violent confrontation, Israeli-Palestinian peace will remain elusive. That's why Israeli doves - an embattled lot, to be sure - are increasingly inclined to quip that the prospects for reviving a peace agreement with the Palestinians may be helped less by regime-change in Baghdad than by regime-change in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Ousting Saddam Won't Bring Middle East Peace | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

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