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...burn," referring to the brand his fraternity gave to new pledges, in 1967 b "Why do you keep writing things down?" to a Times reporter in 1998 c "Freebird!" at a Marshall Tucker Band show, in 1974 d "Was it not Shakespeare's King Richard III who said, 'So wise so young, they say, do never live long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000 Your Final Exam | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

Johnny Cash was not wise to turn this one down. It's got that fast-walking rhythm so often used by the Man in Black, and presages by many years his hits about Folsom and San Quentin prisons. (Of course, I'll always forgive Cash for such lapses because of his oft-quoted quote about Jones, with whom he spent many a misspent mile on the road in their early careers: "Who's your favorite singer?" Cash is asked. "You mean," he responds, "apart from George Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George's Gems | 12/22/2000 | See Source »

...They have their Portuguese bank, their own convenience stores. At church, there are services in Portuguese," Cerqueira says. "They really live an isolated experience. If they spoke English, they would've been able to make a better life. They would've done better job-wise...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Dilemma: Move up? Move out? | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

Terry is a more standard-issue hero--strong, smart and caring--but Crowe gives him the burden of a wise realist. His hard-earned awareness of the world's wicked ways presses down on his sturdy shoulders and at the corners of his sensitive lips. Crowe displayed this moral weight in The Insider and Gladiator; it makes him the thinking man's grunt, and it grounds his can-this-be-love scene with Ryan. "Just tell me you know how much you mean to me," she says dewily. His reply shows a tough man's brusque vulnerability: "Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Better Than Tabloid Tattle | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES. I hate junk e-mail as much as the next person, but it is wise to sign up for automated alerts that tell you when there are great deals on places you would like to visit. Almost every site offers these, but I especially like the ones on lastminutetravel.com travelocity.com and qixo.com Instead of deluging you with weekly messages, they alert you only when fares reach target prices that you have specified in advance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sleuthing Fares | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

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