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"Anytime you beat someone at his level, it's pretty unexpected," co-captain Francis Volpe said.

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: O'Donnell Upsets Top-Ranked Heskell; Wrestling Impresses | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

If you still cling to the belief that the rich and famous are just normal people with better lighting, consider the recent Everyman problems of STEVEN SPIELBERG. The director's Brentwood, Calif., neighbors have organized against him because of a planned addition to his 2,400-sq.-ft. home. Prosaic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 8, 2001 | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

The song itself comes from what might seem like an unexpected source: J. P. Richardson, aka The Big Bopper, best known for the upbeat "Chantilly Lace" and for having perished with fellow rockers Buddy Holly and Richie Valens in a 1959 plane crash. Richardson, though, before he entered the rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George's Gems | 1/5/2001 | See Source »

Lastly, the election--which, when you think about it, also didn't happen. For about a minute people actually thought we might get McCain and Bill Bradley, but we wound up with the two guys we knew we'd get, deep down. And what did they do? First George W...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2000 That Was The Year That Wasn't | 12/31/2000 | See Source »

The accident is plausible: it involves a hair dryer, a bathtub and an electric shock. The results are improbable: the victim, Gibson's Nick Marshall, an adman confronting a career crisis, is given a magical ability to listen in on womens' thoughts. As comic premises go these days, it is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Twelve Films Of Christmas | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

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