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Consequently, we second-guess the motives of those who spend "too much" time on academics: Students who incessantly ask questions in lecture are brown-nosers, pre-meds who study on weekends are anal, gov-jocks who thrive on the Federalist papers are future political wannabe's. Academic earnestness is often...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: The Veritas of Irony | 10/13/1999 | See Source »

It was January when the hot cable broadband company At Home announced that it was using its amped stock to merge with the Yahoo-wannabe Excite. The match was hailed as a commonsense combination of access and content -- "The Media Network of the Next Century" -- and the value of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Excite@Home Splitting Up? | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

BILL BRADLEY Prez wannabe rises in polls. But soon, Mr. Thoughtful, you'll need more specifics, fewer air balls

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 27, 1999 | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

Now Buchanan, who makes such a fine meal of the scraps of the Republican and Democratic feast as a pundit ? but precious little as a wannabe pol ? wants to switch. The battle is on for the soul of Ross Perot's brainchild, and the question being asked by the more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Reform Party Shouldn't Confuse Reform with Radicalism | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

With her titanic 6-3, 7-6 victory over the wily Hingis last week, Serena, in her third year as a professional, also proved that she was no longer a bratty wannabe with a tendency to feud with other players: if she is ever cocky in the future, well, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Her Serena Highness | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

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