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...disturbed to speak to all 2,000. So I took my cue from "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett and tried to interview just 16 competitors who were trying to prove they could survive a Hollywood audition. However I was to find that, like watching the "Survivor" program itself, or eating semi-rancid potato chips when one is starving, it's hard to stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Survivor 3': The Hollywood Audition | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

Harvard Lampoon alumni, staff members and honorary celebrity members gathered last week to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez and Joseph P. Flood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Lampoon Celebrates 125th Anniversary | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...envy those people. Unlike them, I contrived to spend the last week at home in semi-charming southern Connecticut, where the rain washes down and the women are, well, pasty and uncommonly ugly...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: Stereotyping Made Easy | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...bubble wrap itself, not just the bags. Young was already buying the stuff for her own packing needs in 750-ft. rolls. She just increased her order. By a lot. And she got a little system going. Since 250-ft. units sold best, every roll that came off the semi had to be divided into three. So she laid an old card table on her living-room floor, its legs sticking up. She put a roll of bubble wrap on one leg and rerolled it onto another, cutting off swaths of 250 ft. Before long, she was shipping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Her Own Bubble Economy | 3/27/2001 | See Source »

There are a handful of celebrities among them, but overwhelmingly, bus people are ordinary. They are mostly married couples over 50, either semi- or fully retired. The one attribute that distinguishes bus people from the crowd is that they are obviously rich enough not to worry about tossing away money like bun wrappers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home On The Road | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

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