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...weren't assured that it all really happened, you would certainly be compelled to toss it away as contrived nonsense. The first issue focused on The Meeting, which took place at Disney's "Magic Kingdom" in Orlando, a detail that would have been intolerable if a story so sincere had been fiction. The key first contact moment - the one that a great many fictional romances leave out because it is always unbelievable - happens when Tom asks a woman on an empty bus if he can sit near her and she says yes. Assuming any man deeply in love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comix Love | 2/26/2002 | See Source »

...viable clone, it may not turn out to be much like its parent in anything but its genes. Rainbow and cc have different coloring, for example, since the coats of calicos are determined partly by genes and partly by random molecular changes during development. Temperament too is a toss-up, since it's hard to tease out how much of an animal's personality is genetically scripted and how much is shaped by environment. "The fallacy is that cloning provides a duplicate," says the Humane Society's Pacelle. Concedes Westhusin: "This is not a resurrection. People need to understand that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here, Kitty, Kitty! | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...musical guest portion of the show. In fact, it seems quite often now we’re seeing television segments being awarded special sponsors. Indeed sports programs no longer have halftime shows; they have the “Prudential Halftime Report.” Even the Super Bowl coin toss had a corporate tagline...

Author: By Benjamin J. Toff, | Title: The Advertising Invasion | 2/21/2002 | See Source »

...meet began with three pivotal, “toss-up matches” at 157, 165, and 174 pounds. Although junior Robbie Griffin and sophomore P. J. Jones lost the first and third by decision, 7-3 and 3-2, respectively, those two losses were sandwiched around junior Pat O’Donnell’s defensive pin of No. 20 John Garriques...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Bests Sacred Heart, Edged by Hofstra | 2/4/2002 | See Source »

Neil S. Agarwal ’01 appears to ask, accusingly, “How do your shirts feel when you toss them aside like yesterday’s rags?” Whatever his purpose, Agarwal’s fine paintings present what must be the most forlorn clothing in the world. The works’ shocking detail and color combinations both startle and attract...

Author: By Benjamin Cowan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bondage Art Holds Viewers Captive | 2/1/2002 | See Source »

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