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...launching his lanky frame at the ball like a madman. In the center of the defense is a buzzing human gnat wearing the black-leather face mask of a professional wrestler. The team captain is a silky assassin who snakes passes with the style and misdirection of 007. His wingman is a shaved-headed, ball-dribbling maestro. Up front: two bleach blond surfer dudes, one of them with the most pinchable cheeks since the Gerber baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rising Sons | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

Vice Presidents are a sensitive issue in the Greater Bush Household, where J. Danforth Quayle is still remembered as a kind of slow-acting fatal disease. The family model for the perfect Veep has always been the elder Bush, who for eight years was Ronald Reagan's loyal, silent wingman. But Dubya can't pick his father as a running mate, so he is eyeing someone Dad nearly chose in 1988, before settling on Quayle. (One might say the elder Bush tapped the wrong Danforth.) Danforth of Missouri is a moderate Republican with ties to the party's conservative wing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Veep Derby: A Minister Tops The Bush List | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...wingman, for moral support and for the crazy props she is going to give...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLee-ve It!: The Love Doctor Is In | 4/12/2000 | See Source »

...Friday night's 1-1 tie with Dartmouth, Moore accounted for all of the Crimson's offense when he took a pass from senior wingman Scott Turco and buried the puck late in the third period...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Steve Moore `01 | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

MOUSING AROUND It's tough to pretend you're working when you're gripping a game pad and barreling down virtual tunnels in your favorite PC game. Now Logitech's WingMan Force Feedback Mouse ($100) lets you be more discreet. It looks like a regular cordless mouse but doesn't have a telltale pad. A force-feedback engine lets you feel realistic rumbling in games like Activision's Heavy Gear II. It also provides slight resistance as you scroll over onscreen buttons, making clicking easier. So long as your boss doesn't catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 8, 1999 | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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