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...from his shoe, witnesses say. According to the FBI, packed in the sole were enough high explosives to blow a hole in the fuselage of the aircraft. But the attempted bombing was foiled. Two flight attendants struggled with the tall, unkempt man after one of them noticed the sulfurous smell of a lighted match. Danison remembers one of the attendants crying, "Oh, my God! Somebody help me!" and then calling for "water, contact solution, anything you have." Passengers passed cups and glasses back to the scene. One of the attendants poured a bottle of water over Reid, who was then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shoe Bomber's World | 2/16/2002 | See Source »

...more piece of practical advice. Thesis graders, like dogs, can smell fear. Some take their cues from their first impression. Therefore, make absolutely certain that you begin and end well. Be confident, clear and eloquent. If you’re crunched for time, front-load your best stuff and recap it at the end, mentioning what you hope to add to current debates. In a best-case scenario your thesis would be uniformly fine, but if you’re struggling at this stage you should probably settle for a thesis that’s finished and a very good...

Author: By Ben Berger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Doctor Is In | 2/14/2002 | See Source »

...members voted 10-1 to invest $500 million of pensioners' retirements in JEDI II, with one lone dissenter: California's state controller, Kathleen Connell. "I didn't feel comfortable about the deal," she told TIME. "It didn't pass the smell test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California's Prescient Brush With Enron | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...CalPERS' Enron experience, Connell hopes the right lesson has been learned. "Obviously I was wrong on the profit side. We clearly made money," she says. "But on the smell test, I was right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California's Prescient Brush With Enron | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...smell of Old World multilateralism--and might alienate new coalition ally Vladimir Putin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State Of The Union: The Outtakes | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

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