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...sides. But the settling of Strike One simply filled folks with anxious thoughts of Strike Two and Strike Three. In a few months, contracts will expire that link actors and writers to the movie studios and TV networks. If either employee group walks, entertainment could take a billion-dollar whack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strike Won? Strike Two and Three | 10/28/2000 | See Source »

...debate," said Matthew Coffey, 43, the only interviewee in three days who was wildly passionate about either candidate, and possibly the only person without malaria who got chills during any of the debates. Coffey, who owns an advertising company in Brandon, said Bush is going to shrink the government, whack taxes, let people invest their own Social Security funds, keep the U.S. out of foreign skirmishes and give parents school vouchers. "I listen to Rush Limbaugh all the time," Coffey said. "And Rush is right. Do you know what I mean? Rush is right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Fatigue May Get the Most Votes | 10/28/2000 | See Source »

Pedro, meanwhile, was cursed by a lack of run support all season, receiving a grand total of just seven runs in his six losses this season. Carl Everett, whose slugging skills were supposed to finally replace the bat of Mo Vaughn, was revealed to be little more than a whack job, whose off-the-field tantrums overshadowed his team-leading home run total. Perhaps the four teams that released Carl prior to his joining the Red Sox knew something we didn...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Legends of the Fall: Tales from a Beleaguered Sox Fan | 9/28/2000 | See Source »

...people having getting together to have a good time no matter how grim their circumstances. That much is summed up in the words of one pioneering DJ carried in a video installation: "If there was negativity and fights breaking out at your party, that means your DJ was whack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Hip-Hop Nation' Is Exhibit A for America's Latest Cultural Revolution | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

...string of luck for me," Giordano said. "[The cancellations have] thrown my whole schedule out of whack, and that's kind of annoying...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Popular Lit and Arts Classes Cancelled | 9/20/2000 | See Source »

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