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...jellyfish reversed into me, chemically burning my belly button with five of its tentacles, and, as I recoiled in shock, another stung me in the lower back from behind. The hunter had become the hunted...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Father, Son and the Firechicken | 9/23/1999 | See Source »

...practicing Catholic, says he originally enlisted "on the side of all these chaps in believing Pius had had a really bad deal" at his critics' hands. But research into the lightly trod territory of Pius' decades-long German involvement before his papacy left Cornwell in a state of "moral shock," he says. "The material I had gathered amounted not to an exoneration but to an indictment." In the end, Cornwell concluded Pius "was Hitler's pawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope And der Fuhrer | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

Every event in the Potter books follows seamlessly from his initial self-discovery. Harry may be a skinny kid with glasses, green eyes and an unruly shock of black hair, but he also harbors uncertain potentialities. Did he thwart Voldemort's assault because of innate goodness or because he carries, even as an infant, a strain of evil more powerful than that of the Dark Wizard's? This question will remind some of the Star Wars films and the tangled destinies of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. But once such comparisons begin, they can lead in many directions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wild About Harry Potter | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...culture shock, but I like it just fine," he says...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Five Freshmen Have Chance to Make Difference Right Away | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...much to bring attention to the epidemic, can continue his glitzy lifestyle without any obvious ill effects, why should they worry about the virus? You'll also hear some sophisticated advice. Many youngsters will tell you that showing pictures of the devastation caused by the disease could provide effective shock therapy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Misjudged Threat | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

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