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DIED. ED HEADRICK, 78, inventor who perfected the Frisbee; in San Francisco. Though other scientists developed the first, wobbly Frisbees, Headrick gave the top of the disk aerodynamic ridges, patenting the smooth-flying projectile still popular today. Later he founded the International Frisbee Association. His family said they will honor his request that his ashes be molded into memorial disks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Aug. 26, 2002 | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

...Most poets toiled as an iambler, But few as smooth as this Nash rambler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Ode to Ogden | 8/22/2002 | See Source »

...each and every compartment in each and every wagon for fifteen cars down the line. And the train then lurches forward a few kilometers, and then there is another stop when the officers from the nation just across the border from the first stop repeat the process. To smooth things over, it generally pays to have a bottle of vodka on board for the Russian officers and some Marlboros for the Mongolians...

Author: By Noam B. Katz, | Title: The World's Wilderness Park | 8/16/2002 | See Source »

...Foolish. Foolish was the No. 1 song in the country for 11 weeks, mostly on the strength of a hook borrowed from the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1995 summer hit One More Chance. Ashanti is smart enough to let the hook do the bulk of the work while her smooth voice flutters around creating a sense of longing. In a thin field, it's summer's best tortured ballad. Without Me is another chapter in Eminem's romance with himself. While a woolly sax laughs in the background and an upbeat snare marks time, Eminem raps, "We need a little controversy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spinning in Its Grave? | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

...single 47-year-old woman who started hormone-replacement therapy last year because I was in menopausal agony. The hot flashes every 20 minutes, all day, night sweats and the feeling that nothing was smooth prompted me to see my doctor and begin HRT. I take half the recommended dose of Prempro, and I get along wonderfully. I am concerned about what the Women's Health Initiative study has shown, but for now I will keep taking my little half a pill each day. SARAH J. HEARN Kinsley, Kans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 12, 2002 | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

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