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...loosely. As Krinsky says, “The essence of my column is to talk about things we all talk about anyway, just a lot louder.” Once Krinsky has settled on an idea for a column, she often convenes an intimate group of girlfriends who volley thoughts on the issue back and forth over cocktails...

Author: By Peter L. Hopkins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hopkins on Krinsky | 4/18/2002 | See Source »

...turns vaudeville comic who has gone into television... His show is a weekly catchall of the things the 40-year-old comic has learned in 35 hard-working years in show business. Berle uses not only his brash, strongbow-shaped mouth to get off his loud, fast, uneven volley of one-line gags; with expert timing and tireless bounce, he also hurls his whole 6 feet and 191 dieted pounds into every act of his show. His motto is still "anything for a laugh"--and practically anything he does gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: 53 Years Ago in TIME | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...particularly comic moment ensued when the Crimson appeared to put away a short-angled volley to win a point. Harvard’s assistant volunteer coach, Michael Flanagan, sitting on the nearby bench, saw the ball coming at him and suddenly grabbed it after one bounce...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Suffers First Loss of Season to No. 46 ’Cats | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...eyes twitch with tension and concentration. "You see them?" he barks to the men at their guns. Another grenade explodes, louder and nearer, and this time a machine gun fires too--at the post. "That's very close!" Owdeh shouts. The Israeli machine guns open up a brief, deafening volley. But their target has retreated. In the nervous silence, a soldier speaks up. "It's quiet, too quiet." The Israelis know this won't last. "There's no quiet here," Owdeh mutters. "In this place, there's no such thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Hurricane | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...Tuesday morning nearly all the Arabs had followed to higher ground, where they fired mortars and machine guns at the advancing mujahidin. Three fighters on a strategic ridge held off the advance for much of the morning before a volley of small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades blew them apart. Two were later dragged to a command post and dumped on the ground for mujahidin fighters to gawk at. One was so mangled that his torso faced the sky and his legs faced the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Tora Bora Caves | 12/11/2001 | See Source »

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