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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weakness but as our strength. If we bless our enemies, we become stronger.' They say, basically, 'Thank you for allowing me to become a stronger person by taking all the s___ you're giving me.' On the streets we'd look at someone like that as a wimp. Tibetans go beyond that. It's not fear. It's just, 'I'm sorry you feel that way [about me being a wimp]. I'm sorry you're spinning in that little mudhole.'" Seagal probably couldn't have said it better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A CONVERSATION RUNS THROUGH IT | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...tall at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pa., is distinguishing itself as "the tallest, longest and fastest steel roller coaster on the East Coast." The Great White at Sea World of Texas in San Antonio is that state's only inverted coaster. But what if you're a wimp? Well, no one has torn down all the world's merry-go-rounds just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COOL SUMMER RIDES: JOYRIDERS' PARADISE | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...wants to see,/If so, some part of me, though I do not,/Must want to see these things." A list follows of these things America wants to see: a two headed calf, an out-of-focus blow job, new cars, celebrities, Disney-like animals. Pinsky is not a wimp...

Author: By Noah I. Dauber, | Title: Pinsky's Worth the Money | 4/1/1997 | See Source »

...Threatening to sue her for election fraud, Dornan called Sanchez a "liar" and said "the whole thing stinks to high heaven." Of course, sour grapes were to be expected from the former fighter pilot who once grabbed a fellow Congressman by the collar and called him a "draft-dodging wimp." Sanchez's campaign manager, John Shallman, spoke for many when he said of Dornan, "He's been, and continues to be, a national disgrace. All we can say is: Adios." The bad news is that Dornan will now have more time for his second job as Rush Limbaugh's substitute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WORST PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF 1996 | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

...period of nearly 15 years, a prominent psychiatrist treats a young neurotic named Gene Kenny. After much painstaking analysis, Dr. Rafael Neruda sees what he believes to be a triumph of his therapeutic skills: Gene is no longer a passive wimp but rather a rising computer whiz with a wife, a son and--somewhat to the shrink's discomfort--a beautiful mistress. After their last session, Neruda notes, "I have to admit a surge of vanity: I was proud of what I had wrought." A bit later he hears from his former patient, "You cured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

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