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Yesterday, Lithgow began his four-day reign as "master of the arts" at Harvard. In that role, he presides over events ranging from children's theater to Senegalese drumming...

Author: By Alan Yang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eighth Arts First Festival Kicks Off | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

America wanted an honest, principled candidate after the eight-year reign of the double-speak king. So they ignored these truths for a long time. But involvement in the Bush candidacy seems impossible to ignore. So where did all that straight talk go, John? I guess to quote the President, that depends on your definition of the word straight...

Author: By Brad R. Sohn, | Title: The Real McCain? | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...high school Latin and Greek students that Sterling first savored the thrill of running it all, or at least appearing to. Now, in the National Senior Classical League (NSCL), college students who also flock to the NJCL convention to "feed the JCL addiction," Sterling and his suits still reign...

Author: By Sarah J. Ramer, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Sterling Silver: Harvard's political darling rules his national administration | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...church has chosen an odd replacement. On Sept. 3, along with John, it plans to beatify Pope PIUS IX. The earlier Pius had the longest reign in history (1846-78), but he plagued Rome's Jews, repealing civil rights and forcing them back into the ghetto. He also had a role in the kidnapping of a Jewish boy named Edgardo Mortara, who had been baptized by a Catholic servant. Despite an international outcry, Pius acted as a surrogate father to the child, who later became a priest. Italian Jews are nonplussed. "The beatification of Pius IX exalts a symbol that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saints: Luckily, II, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII and XI Are Still Available | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

...almost 15 years after Zack's reign, all of those jealous viewers are living out their childhood fantasies--with a vengeance. At Bayside, Zack's cell was a sure symbol of status. Nobody thought, however, that shiny Nokias and compact Motorolas would ever be anything but a modern means of communication and another way to look cool. Nowadays, the Qualcomm QCP-1960, among other impressive cellular instruments, causes the onset of malignant brain tumors. With excessive use, of course...

Author: By A. B. Osceola, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Latest Cell Technology | 3/16/2000 | See Source »

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