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...never thought I’d be one of those people who, at age 20, would start the obnoxious “when I was your age…” whine, lamenting that I didn’t own a cell phone with polyphonic ring tones or some other type of adolescent necessity when I was 14 years old. But what I do feel justified in saying is that when I was a tween—a category that roughly encompasses ages ten through 14—the number of media sources and cultural products that spoke...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bubblegum Machine: When I Was a Tween | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

...shares some of his gifts with other Australian-bred stars, from Nicole Kidman to Hugh Jackman, who have lately taken over Hollywood. They must hide within plain sight. Plain sound, rather: to suppress their native whine, they have to "act" every time they open their mouths. Yet like the rest of the world, the Aussies have been casing Hollywood movies since childhood. Because they know the territory, they can infiltrate an American character with a cat burglar's suaveness: entering without breaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Critical Opinion: Why Russell Ranks High | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...elite institutions, snobbery can breed weakness through its dedication to listening to everything, rather than just hearing it. Too much bubblegum pop music for a snob is like too much highly refined sweet stuff for a five year old: you’ll jump around, hit your little brother, whine when you can’t have your own spaceship and finally collapse in a pitiful heap, your synapses fused together by pink strands of sugar...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sound and Fury | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

...than scary if this is his response to Franken's thought-provoking book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. It is telling that O'Reilly made no attempt to dispute Franken's points; O'Reilly's response is to whine that he can't shoot the messenger. MARCIA HAIR Marietta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 27, 2003 | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...news media always looks for the negative. Our military is very capable of handling anything that comes their way. The fact that a very small percentage have started to whine about their predicament should not be held against the 97% who do their job well and deserve our utmost respect and support. I support a huge pay increase for those G.I.s that find themselves posted in Afghanistan and Iraq, and anywhere else on the globe where they find themselves actually under fire. James P. Barker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the U.S. military stretched too thin? | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

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