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...power. A born defender of the citizenry's right to dissent from and even actively oppose its leaders' decisions, he strongly aligned himself against the Alien and Sedition Acts, which had been signed by his predecessor Adams. (To the extent that certain elements of the current Patriot Act smack of oppression, Jefferson might find it alarming too.) And following the Louisiana Purchase--whose constitutionality he questioned but whose practical benefits he found irresistible--he boldly claimed the nation's far-reaching wilderness by sending Lewis and Clark on their unprecedented expedition, the purpose of which was not only to seek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thomas Jefferson: The Philosopher-President: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Thomas Jefferson | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

...golf ball. He picked up the piece of ice and put it in his freezer, where it remains. 2) As a birthday present, Merritt once decided to give himself isolation. He avoided speaking to another human being for nearly 24 hours, then ventured out to a bookstore and ran smack into his ex-boyfriend. 3) Merritt was browsing in another bookstore when he stumbled across a title by the Scottish techno duo the KLF that promised to reveal the secrets of writing a No. 1 song. He raced to an ATM to get some cash, but when he returned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Jolly Misanthrope | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...pale and goofy looking, in a T shirt and bike shorts, and Edward Conlon doesn't have a whole lot of obvious sympathy for him--he calls him Big Bird behind his back. Big Bird used to be an electrician till he realized his true calling, namely, shooting smack. A few days ago, one of Big Bird's fellow junkies conked him on the head with a chunk of concrete--the chunk is in Conlon's desk, in fact, with blood and hair still on it--and it's Conlon's job to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rhapsody In Blue | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...there, and at the end she gives me her number and I try to leave with her and go to the party. The boyfriend of course comes after me because it’s his girlfriend and everything, so I have to transform into Rick James and smack...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tha League Goes Pro, Records Music Video | 4/16/2004 | See Source »

Sketchiest moment at Harvard: Walking out of K-house in clubbin’ clothes early Sunday morning and running smack into the entire boat crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoped! | 4/15/2004 | See Source »

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