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crackbaby: (n.) (1) an uncool, freakish or weird person. (2) a premed. "Fell that crackbaby to stop spazzing over Orgo...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, | Title: Speakin' in tongues | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...ruddy-faced attorney is almost defiantly uncool (a favorite catchphrase: "What're the facts, babe?"). And defiant, period. He has described his cross-examination technique as "going for the jugular." But if he's prepared to be a tough legal mind, he remains profoundly reticent about the political role he may be asked to play. "Every once in a while it hits you," Schippers has said. "It really hit me when I took my wife to the Jefferson Memorial. If you stand at Mr. Jefferson's feet and you look where he's looking, you see right into the Oval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrat Who Would Pursue Clinton | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...High," "Sunshine on My Shoulders" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was never the messianic scamper of a rock star. His fans were many but silent; Denver was a star in the way that "Walker, Texas Ranger" is a top-20 hit these days: through the power of the uncool masses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Denver: The Beloved Uncool | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...find it rather ironic that TIME chose Netscape's "What's Cool" as the worst Website. You said it is "uncool" for "the software company that virtually controls the Web through its popular browser" to tell us what's hip. Perhaps TIME should look in the mirror? BRUCE DIKHOFER Houston

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 20, 1997 | 1/20/1997 | See Source »

Despite this record, Gates is not wearing a seat belt. (A dilemma: Is it too uncool to use mine?) He rarely looks at you when he talks, which is disconcerting, but he does so when he's driving, which is doubly disconcerting. (I buckle up. As his mother and others have learned, it's not always prudent to compete.) He turns into a dark drive with a chain-link fence that slides open as the Lexus approaches. It's nearing midnight, and the security guard looks a bit startled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF THE REAL BILL GATES | 1/13/1997 | See Source »

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