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Step inside a top-of-the-line model. Aesthetes may smirk at the decor, which crams a lot of tinkling crystal and frilly fabric into a small space. But from front to back the components and appliances are first rate. A 42-in. flat-screen television--this system alone costs $22,600--hangs between the driver and the windshield and retracts into the ceiling automatically as soon as the engine starts...

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

Instead, he skated away with a smirk on his face, and headed right for his team bench where his older brother, Harvard captain Steve Moore, was waiting with open arms...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The 'V' Spot: Seniors Can Hold Their Heads High | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...really pressed, he may even use the n-word (non-profits, that is). If your parents want more information about this "unconventional" option, they will be referred to the one corner of OCS dedicated to public interest jobs, but, like you, they will be answered only with a smirk if they dare to ask why these sorts of organizations aren't included in job fairs and recruiting...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: The Unofficial Guide to Junior Parents Weekend | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

...average Japanese faces the prospect of a diminishing standard of living. It's third-rate chaos, alright, and all you want to do if you're young and cool and Japanese and know that you've been born into some pathetic slapstick routine of a nation is sit there, smirk and hope to get through it all looking good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Beat Goes On | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

Inside Washington's chatterbox culture, Cheney's silence and trademark smirk make people nervous. In his office a picture from his Gulf War days captures the perfect Cheney pose--former President Bush and General Colin Powell standing in the foreground while Cheney lurks in the background with what an aide calls his "cockeyed look," his shoulders hunched and a slanted, slightly menacing smile on his face. Since his days as Gerald Ford's chief of staff and, later, as second-ranking Republican in the House, that look has invited all manner of interpretations. Returning from White House meetings last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Time Punches In | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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