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Bullies should not be appeased. The IOC needs to stand up to one of the world’s great bullies by not awarding the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to Beijing. The torch of Olympic idealism simply must not be engulfed in China’s dark night of oppression...

Author: By Jason L. Steorts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Being Bullied by Beijing | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...dreadful, horrible, recklessly awful generalization. So let me immediately backtrack, backpedal and otherwise retract what I just said, lest the lovely, gorgeous, impeccably attractive ladies of my home state rise up, march to Cambridge, seize every copy of this fine paper and put it to the torch in protest...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: Stereotyping Made Easy | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...this and other issues, and no doubt McCain will make sure to cast his shadow over the fight in the House. But dare we read into the recent emergence of fresh face John Edwards on the issue as one sign McCain could be ready to pass the campaign-finance torch and retire to figurehead status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Finance Watch: Next Stop Victory | 3/27/2001 | See Source »

...wonderful people, and the students are great," Shinagel said in an interview. "But being a master is difficult. You serve, and you're happy in serving, but there comes a time when you're ready to pass the keys and the torch to a new generation...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quincy House Masters to Step Down | 3/7/2001 | See Source »

...shocked the Staples Center audience by revealing her shaved head, while TONI BRAXTON revealed as much Toni Braxton as network television would allow in a vain attempt to erase the memory of Jennifer Lopez. That left Eminem and a man famous for wearing a duck suit to carry the torch for class. Toning down the flamboyance for his duet on Stan, Elton John provided sterling vocals and keyboard improvisation while Eminem kept his composure among scattered boos to deliver six minutes of profanity-scattered rhymes too quick for the fingers on CBS's seven-second delay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London, France But No Underpants | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

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