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Really, weep for that nebulous region of the country between Las Vegas and the Appalachian Mountains. It has produced a fine native son in William Painter Bohlen, morally upright, journalistically sound, but fundamentally misguided in matters of national importance...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: Simply Amazin' | 10/11/2000 | See Source »

...followed up Ferguson's score with a 33-yard field goal by junior Peter Iverson. The Iverson field goal, which barely hooked inside the left upright, gave Cornell a chance to go ahead with a touchdown. Harvard's lack of offensive prowess gave Cornell the ball again with 4:01 to play. Seven plays and 88 yards later, Cornell took the lead for good...

Author: By Alexander M. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oh No, Not Again: Splendorio Seals Another Improbable Cornell Comeback | 10/10/2000 | See Source »

...genetically speaking, 99.9% identical. And a universal gene that scientists are sure to discover is the one that makes all adult humans regret that they didn't stick with piano lessons. I lasted only a year, when I was 12. This summer, on vacation, I passed a mahogany upright in a hotel lobby, and my fingers itched to open its lid and conjugate the verb "to tinkle." Of course, there was a sign taped to it that read, "Please do not play the piano." No problem. They might as well have asked me to please refrain from solving the Israeli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Instant Piano for the Busy and Lazy | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...photo of Carnahan in blackface at a minstrel show at a Kiwanis Club. (The Governor apologized.) This kind of sniping probably won't decide the race. If Carnahan can make Ashcroft seem too conservative, he'll win. Likewise, if Ashcroft can seem like a man of moderate policies and upright character, he'll take it. In that sense, Missouri's no different from the rest of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missouri: It Makes New York Look Sweet | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...Thou Architect whose Temples stand upright...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs and Michael L. Shenkman, MICHAEL L. SHENKMAN AND STEPHEN E. SACHSS | Title: Dartboard | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

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