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Today’s victory was certainly a big step in the right direction, as the freshman seemed to be making smarter and smarter shots as the matches progressed. He began drawing his opponents wider and wider on the baseline, he tossed in a variety of angles and volleys, and his consistency under such pressure was marked...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Camaraderie, Fun Mark Open | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...like to see it get a little smarter. Sometimes the entertainment industry doesn't give the public enough credit for getting things, and so they keep lowering the bar instead of raising it. There seem to be a lot of jokes at people's expense, whether it's a magazine making fun of someone's clothes or a stand-up comic pointing out something a person did wrong. We don't even notice it anymore. It's become common to tear somebody down. I don't find it funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ellen DeGeneres | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...friends are smarter than I am,” Hadley added...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Panelists Challenge Gay Marriage | 2/10/2004 | See Source »

...should this be so? Did nature simply overload us in the mating department, hot-wiring us for the sex that is so central to the survival of the species, and never mind the sometimes sloppy consequences? Or is there something smarter and subtler at work, some larger interplay among sexuality, life and what it means to be human? Can evolution program for poetry, or does it simply want children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love, Sex & Health: Biology: The Power of Love | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...only one who could give me marital tips without all that cuteness and overanalysis that depress me by outing just how difficult it is for most couples to communicate. But unfortunately, Friday is the wife of my boss's boss, Time Inc. editor-in-chief Norman Pearlstine. A smarter man would not call her and confess her role in shaping my sexuality. Then again, a smarter man wouldn't have called his mom for sex advice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Spicing It Up | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

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