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...world will end in fire, a view that seemed to gain traction during the past few days as upper-90-degree heat turned the nation into one giant Easy-Bake oven and everyone ran for cover from the sweltering sky. The remedies? Stay out of the sun, for goodness' sake, drink plenty of water -- and pray for rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Photo Essay: America Swelters | 7/6/1999 | See Source »

Obviously, I have no great sympathy for Salinger's privacy mania. If you crave total privacy, don't write books, and if you must, certainly don't publish them. And, for God's sake, lay off the missives. Furthermore, if absolute solitude is your thing, don't have relationships with other people, and surely don't have sex with them. Another good rule of thumb: don't have children. They eventually talk too. Salinger's daughter Margaret ("Peggy") is writing her own memoir about life with Daddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Avoid Salinger Syndrome | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...shell-shocked, stuck in my crotchety Boston mode. When I went for my daily run, I would keep my head down and eyes on the sidewalk, taking care not to make eye contact with anyone--and especially not those lewd construction workers, for God's sake...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, | Title: Between Two Coasts, A Hospitable Heartland | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

...sake of soft money we have put tax loopholes for special interests ahead of tax relief for working families, and we have made the tax code a bewildering 44,000 page catalogue of favors for a privileged few and a chamber of horrors for the rest of America," he said...

Author: By Joshua H. Simon, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Candidates Face Campaign Finance Issue | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

...sake of soft money we have put tax loopholes for special interests ahead of tax relief for working families, and we have made the tax code a bewildering 44,000 page catalogue of favors for a privileged few and a chamber of horrors for the rest of America," he said...

Author: By Joshua H. Simon, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Candidates Tackle Campaign Reform | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

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