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...suddenly becomes okay to care, to behave as if the game is life and death, rather than just “life” and “death.” The real, academic competition that defines Harvard life, and that we so assiduously sweep under the rug for the sake of social peace, spills out with a vengeance. And it isn’t a pretty sight...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Killing Time | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...Along with marketing partner M. Dwight Freeman, he launched Westling Design, offering his durable, handmade creations in bold grid, dot and zigzag patterns that recall art by Mondrian, Kandinsky and Escher. They're not cheap--priced at around $40 per sq. ft., a 6-ft. by 8-ft. area rug costs nearly $2,000. But just think of all those hours you'll save on vacuuming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Linoleum Rugs | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...with the White House insignia on the box. I grabbed everything I could: cards, napkins, fruit and, in a fit of glee, Helen Thomas. After eight years, it was only natural that the Clintons got attached to certain items, such as sofas, an ottoman, a needlepoint rug and absolute power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feeling His Pain, Taking His M&M's | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...more roller coasters in one place than anywhere else on this planet," promises spokesperson Amy Means. Six Flags currently boasts, among other superlatives, the tallest (415 ft.) and fastest (100 m.p.h.) coasters in the world. And over at Universal Studios Hollywood, which is planning new attractions around a live Rug Rats entertainment show and the Animal Planet TV show, officials lined up a deal to provide free round-trip transportation for Disneyland guests to Universal, less than an hour from Anaheim. "We can offer the real Hollywood experience," says Larry Kurzweil, president and COO of Universal Studios Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Build A Better Mousetrap | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...dogged refusal to grant a weary nation even a few sweet days without him. This week capped a month of Clinton news - as if in retaliation for six months of relative obscurity during the presidential campaign, the ex-president grabbed headlines (as well as a few chairs and a rug) on his way out of the White House and clung fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton | 2/16/2001 | See Source »

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