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...Because I like the way it feels," he replied. "Weird," said Zoe, who apparently went on to ask the man about a great many things. Eventually, her cross-dresser correspondent got wise to the game. "How old are you?" he asked. "Thirty," my daughter dutifully lied, recalling my admonition to never give out her real age (or any other personal details) to strangers online...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parental Controls | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...other candidates, leaving only Bush onscreen with his scripted, repetitive answers and awkward impromptus. The Texas Governor plopped the tape into a VCR, watched it alone at the mansion and got the picture. "I'm a competitor," he told TIME last week. "I want to win. And I'm wise enough to understand that all of us need to improve in life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Bush Bears Down | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

Neither team fared especially well shooting-wise. Harvard managed just 35.4 percent from the floor--a lackluster performance, but good enough for the win considering the Crimson held the Big Green to an even sicklier 31.4 percent...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Hoops Upsets Dartmouth Again | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

...wise up, Academy. Move the deadline to February, when we're all miserable anyway. And let Christmas films be merry and bright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bah, Humbug | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...RICHEY Glimmer (Mercury). "From the ashes some glimmer of the truth appears," sings this veteran Nashville thrush. But her wise, smoky voice doesn't languish in the ashes of self-pity or revenge. There's buoyancy and gravity, musical variety and sneaky lyric craft in this endlessly listenable set. Glimmer glows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Best Music Of 1999 | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

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