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...many other longtime inmates. He settled in Waco, Texas, and it wasn't long before young women in the area went missing. Authorities believe McDuff killed as many as eight before police finally caught on to him in 1992. Earle's office prosecuted McDuff for the murder of Colleen Reed, a 28-year-old accountant he had kidnapped from an Austin car wash, raped and killed. In 1994 McDuff was again sentenced to die, and he was executed four years later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guarding Death's Door | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

...play so well, as Berlusconi and Däubler-Gmelin have learned. So here is a suggestion: If Continental politicos can't think up a suitable retort of their own, why not borrow a rapier from the arsenal of American wit? There's a classic from Congressman Thomas Brackett Reed in the late 19th century, who said of two rivals that they "never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." If Berlusconi had trotted that one out, he would have heard as many laughs as catcalls, and fine della storia. But Disraeli, Churchill and Reed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lost Art of the Insult | 7/6/2003 | See Source »

Seidel had a strong season for the men, usually producing the top Crimson finish. Senior John Traugott and sophomore Reed Bienvenu also performed well for the Harvard men. Traugott was also the captain of the track team, and competed well in the 1000 meters (indoors) and 1500 meters (outdoors...

Author: By Samita Mannapperuma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Track Places a Solid Third at Both Indoor and Outdoor HEPS | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...economist already had the job, senator Jack Reed, D-R.I., asked Mankiw to deliver a message to Bush on unemployment benefits, and Corzine said he appreciates “the service that we can expect...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senate Committee Approves Mankiw | 5/23/2003 | See Source »

Director Peyton Reed (Bring It On) too often uses a gong where chimes would do, and his split-screen double entendres would have got Rock and Doris arrested. But Pierce is a perfect Tony Randall mimic in the hero's-pal role, down to the defeated slouch and the baritone whining. The film's costumes and design have a giddily precise exaggeration to them. And stay for the movie's denouement: a two-minute speech that wraps up the plot like Christmas ribbons around a time bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Hear America Smirking | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

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