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...draped the room of the stupefied crowd. For a moment, the alpha males in the room abandoned their Godfather cloaks. It was invigorating to see a commercial and response of that nature, and I applaud Cingular for its novel step in Super Bowl advertising. In the midst of tube-sock donning Britney Spears, buckets of beer, 200 lbs. muscle machines and salsa, it is vital to have 60 seconds where one can be reminded of what truly matters in life...

Author: By Robert J. Saranchak, | Title: The Boon of the Bowl | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

Social note from the unreal winter of 1939, at the precipice of world war: Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy reported in his London diary that when he dined at Lady Astor's, he noticed that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had a hole in his sock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Chronicles of a Dynasty in the Making | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...PETS.COM SOCK PUPPET His company may have folded, but he lives on to annoy another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 15 Who Had Their 15 | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...like acts of courage given the climate of the times. Bush proposed his gigantic tax cut just at the moment when polls ranked taxes way down on the list of voter concerns, well below education and debt reduction and Social Security. Gore, meanwhile, reasserted himself as a Rock'em Sock'em Robot just at the moment people were saying they were tired of all the fighting in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Gore and Bush: Two Men, Two Visions | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...built around tax-based enticements. He would spend a whopping $36 billion on income tax credits to offset the costs of college tuition. A family could receive as much as $2,800 in tax credits each year for tuition and fee payments. Taxpayers would also be allowed to sock away as much as $2,500 a year in new tax-advantaged accounts, similar to 401(k)s, which they could tap at any age for higher education or job training. And Gore would spend $2 billion nationalizing a program, already in place in some states, that gives parents tax breaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Deserves Tuition Aid? | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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