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...considered the speed dating World Cup. Time dispatched two intrepid correspondents to the desiring line. Their reports: HIS SIDE: My first date - let's call her "Brownie" - spends our entire 180-second relationship reminiscing about her failed camp fire girl youth. The 26-year-old speaks plaintively about the stiff breeze long ago that blew away her one shot as the camp-fire lighter. She doesn't light my fire, either. Getting nowhere (fast, of course), I do what every self-disrespecting male would do. I lie. I call myself a rich lawyer and sit down with "Sugarmuffin," the prettiest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief Encounters | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

...North America is made of silicone, like many new spatulas. Heat-and flame-resistant up to 500°F, the stain-proof glove allows you to pluck hard-boiled eggs and potatoes out of boiling water and grab chicken wings that fall through the barbecue grill. We found the stiff material a little awkward, however, for pulling pans from the oven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Housewares | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

...Beware the Perilous Story Line As much as anything, what killed Gore in 2000 was the rap that he was a stiff who couldn't stop telling whoppers. Perceptions are jelling that Edwards is callow, Kerry aloof and patrician, Gephardt yesterday's news. Dean? Well, he's from tiny Vermont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Rules To Run BY | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

...from ex--West Wing producer Lawrence O'Donnell, stars Josh Brolin as a political naif appointed to fill a vacant Senate seat. Populated with more straw men than an Iowa cornfield--sleazy lobbyists, nosy reporters, cynical legislators--Sterling plays safely down the political middle, making its stiff title character an independent. Like a timid primary hopeful, it has few convictions beyond pandering to viewers' feelings of superiority to all those bad people in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Coattails | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

After seeing depth charts and sprint times, the Crimson (3-0, 1-0) swimmers knew that No. 18 Pittsburgh would provide stiff competition yesterday...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Swimming Topples No. 18 Pittsburgh, Varies Lineup To Beat Navy | 1/6/2003 | See Source »

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