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...says. Bahadu opted instead to study in his room in Thayer—one of the most social dorms that year. “I lived on the first floor right next to the elevator,” he says. “Everybody and their mama swung by everyday...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Model Marshal | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

Bush's approach to leadership has invited Americans to take sides. That's because he has resolutely swung for the fences in both domestic and foreign policy. Despite coming into office with nothing like a mandate, he has governed as if he has one. As a result, Americans are divided over every big item on his ambitious agenda. Just as the country can't bring the war in Iraq to a tidy conclusion, it can't declare a truce over the fact that Bush took us there. For those who support him, the policy of pre-emptive engagement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Love Him, Hate Him President | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

With his wide receivers swamped downfield, Fitzpatrick swung the ball out wide to Dawson, who bounced off four defenders for a 14-yard gain. After a short Fitzpatrick rush, Dawson took over, pounding the ball three straight times and punching through the Penn defensive line for a two-yard score on the final carry to pull within...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Out of Time | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...crossed under the interstate and steered my bicycle through the cold streets of South Boston last week for the first time in a year. Passing by broken beer bottles, I remembered the last time I swung under that bridge, cycling through the shattered remains of somebody’s Corona Extra. At the time I was concerned about a flat tire, which came about soon enough, but the discarded Corona confronted me with a problem larger than the glass shards my tires repelled...

Author: By Lucas L. Tate, | Title: Beer Bottles and America | 10/8/2003 | See Source »

...body type is the opposite of all the people who created these arts," she says. "They have a low center of gravity; they're compact. Then there's me. I'm like 5 ft. 11 in., all arms and legs, with a 2-ft. neck." The first time Thurman swung the 10-lb. samurai sword her character uses in Kill Bill's climactic duel, she hit herself in the head and nearly burst into tears. "At first I just lied to myself. I said, 'Obviously he sees this is going to be impossible for me, and he'll figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tao of Uma | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

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