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...Four knew that move-in is not about finding oneself or making first impressions or creating a new identity. Instead, it is about one thing: schlepping. More specifically, it is about schlepping large and unwieldy boxes filled with what couldn't possibly be anything other than a collection of spare bricks up four flights of broken stairs in 1,000-degree heat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Taking College by Degree | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

Bodies grown for spare parts? Cloning NBA champs? Whoever is thinking about doing these things has got to be kidding! If this happens, human beings will ultimately lose their originality. After reading your article, I was relieved to know that cloned humans would not be exactly the same as their parents because, as you wrote, genetics can only partly determine who we are. NABEEL KEBLAWI Vienna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 24, 1998 | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...just that it isn't the panacea some make it out to be. Imagine if Clinton were to confess, reversing his finger-wagging denial and replacing it with a tortured definition of sex to help explain his earlier claims of innocence. Even if he said he did it to spare his family, the support he enjoys among a majority of Americans would sink like a stone. It's one thing to have an abstract notion that he actually had an affair and covered it up (and to have that leak from Starr's grand jury). It's another to hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Confession Game: Assuming It's The Truth, | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...couldn't be any happier," says Knight, a former snow shoveler from Vermont who has cash to spare from his monthly $200 Social Security check. Yeah, summer is miserable. "But I got 18 coats of paint on [the shrine] now, and you should see it shine when it really heats up. It's beautiful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Who's Crazy, Them Or Us? | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...given more, but they didn't want any more," added Geffen. That's not entirely true -- the Clintons have a $10 million legal hole to fill -- but given that the limit was previously $1,000, Geffen is lucky to be writing checks this large. If he has cash to spare, he might give a thought to Monica: The former White House intern has only received $10,000 total for her substantial legal costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Wishes Upon a Starr | 8/13/1998 | See Source »

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