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Hookes occupied a unique place in the game?s recent history because of his desire to make his own way through the conformity of cricket and public life. As a coach and tactician he was celebrated as an original thinker. As a media professional, he spurned objectivity; he took risks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forever Young | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

Why is Kerry such a god-awful speaker? He's not aloof, really, but formal in an old-fashioned way. He also suffers from a severe 40-year John F. Kennedy hangover. He has a weakness for "ask not" rhetorical switchbacks: "Right now, most Americans are working for the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Kerry's Haunted Heart | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

On the one hand, Dean is doing many of the things I've always admired in politicians. He is bold; he projects confidence and strength--the latter a quality not often found in Democrats. He is willing, obviously, to tell audiences some unpleasant truths. He is also gloriously free of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will The Real Howard Dean Please Stand Up? | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

“How can you win hockey games when you don’t shoot?” Mazzoleni asked, in another part of the most rhetorical press conference of his career. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen points added...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On Hockey: M. Hockey Victorious in Spite of Poor Officiating | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

Ordinary: Actively terrible, but in a typically Australian vernacular quirk, the term is usually accompanied by a moderator which should not be in any way regarded as diminishing the insult (e.g., That’s a bit ordinary, isn’t it?). Note also in this example the very...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Australian Slang from A to Zed | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

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