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Bush gets manicures too. A lot of them. In fact, the rough-hewn, plain-talking Texas cowboy (born to simple folk in rural New Haven, Connecticut) receives a visit from manicurist Angie Aziz at the White House about every two weeks. Which means approximately 96 trimmings, filings and buffings since inauguration...

Author: By Brian M. Goldsmith, | Title: All the President's Manicures | 10/14/2004 | See Source »

...rough field conditions and wind forced both teams to play a more controlled game...

Author: By Abigail M. Baird, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Rolls Over Crusaders | 10/13/2004 | See Source »

...face relaxed when, on departure, I confessed that I had to answer an urgent call of nature. She'd actually installed plumbing in the house, she admitted, discreetly directing me to an indoor bathroom that had been there all along. I was astonished. What was all that about the rough and ready existence of the hutongs, where daily life had barely changed in centuries? She shrugged and replied, quite unapologetically, "Would you want tour groups using your toilet every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backstreet Beijing | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...Several of them have since approached him and voiced their disapproval of his position. "They say, 'Bruce, I'm a fan! But I'm not coming,'" he says. Far more have attacked his right to have a political opinion at all. The mail, he says, has been rough, and even Nightline's Ted Koppel asked Springsteen on his show, "Who the hell is Bruce Springsteen to tell anybody how to vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Born to Stump | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...face relaxed when, on departure, I confessed that I had to answer an urgent call of nature. She'd actually installed plumbing in the house, she admitted, discreetly directing me to an indoor bathroom that had been there all along. I was astonished. What was all that about the rough and ready existence of the hutongs, where daily life had barely changed in centuries? She shrugged and replied, quite unapologetically, "Would you want tour groups using your toilet every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backstreet Beijing | 10/7/2004 | See Source »

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