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...have had no fewer than three movies that revolve around people misplacing their memories. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet pay to have the memory of their lousy relationship erased. Paycheck was a sci-fi thriller about a man (Ben Affleck) whose employers wipe his memory for security purposes. (As an extra precaution, they then erased Paycheck from the memory of the entire moviegoing public.) And in 50 First Dates, Drew Barrymore plays a woman with amnesia who is endlessly wooed and rewooed by Adam Sandler. Apparently she forgot they had hooked up before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amnesia the Beautiful | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...head of the snake has multiplied, and will continue to multiply,” he said, referring to the growth of autonomous terrorist cells throughout the world. Spain had been almost able to wipe out ETA, the Basque terrorist group which operates with the “hierarchal, pyramidal structure” of conventional terrorist organizations, Garzon said...

Author: By Siddhartha Sinha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Judge Urges Unified Front Against Terror | 3/26/2004 | See Source »

...okay to negotiate with the devil to save people, or do I wipe them out right there?” he continued...

Author: By Munia Jabbar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Condemns Failures in Rwanda | 3/24/2004 | See Source »

...tidy cook? Yes. Once you let untidiness creep in, things get beyond you. I've seen Chinese chefs in busy restaurants who work in a very small area, but they never get in a mess. Every time they use a knife they wipe it and put it back in the same position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Margaret Fulton | 3/17/2004 | See Source »

...It’s all new,” he said. “We’re a different team from the last time we played them. You can wipe out past records. It’s only two games during the regular season...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Twice Beaten, Not At All Shy | 3/12/2004 | See Source »

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