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...WIT'S BEGINNING...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 26, 1999 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...looks great, a little more tired, but still the same cackling laugh and dry wit. He's just waiting now. He is just waiting to see how those rays work. In a few months they will run some more tests and give him a verdict. Until then he just has to wait. And I wait too. Sometimes still pondering what might happen, sometimes just trying to get my own things done. Sometimes the overwhelming feeling of selfishness sickens me, and more than often, I think about other stuff, like when ABP was just a meeting place for a night...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, | Title: COFFEE AND POP | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...looks great, a little more tired, but still the same cackling laugh and dry wit. He's just waiting now. He is just waiting to see how those rays work. In a few months they will run some more tests and give him a verdict. Until then he just has to wait. And I wait too. Sometimes still pondering what might happen, sometimes just trying to get my own things done. Sometimes the overwhelming feeling of selfishness sickens me, and more than often, I think about other stuff, like when ABP was just a meeting place for a night...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, | Title: Endpaper: Coffee and Pop | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

THERE'S NO PRICE TO BE FOUND ON THE COVER OF McSweeney's a Farmers' Almanac-style compendium of smarty-pants wit and media industry critique. In its place, "If words are to be used as design elements then let designers write them." David Eggers, the 20-something founder and publisher of "McSweeney's" introduces his latest creation in a telling mixture of anachronism and irony: "People, people stop blaming yourselves! Have you forgotten: Timothy McSweeney's Blues/Jazz Odyssey? (For short say 'McSweeney' s') Known also as: `Pollyanna's Bootless Errand. Now fix your collar--Today could be your...

Author: By D. M. Rosenblatt, | Title: McSWEENEY'S HITS THE STANDS | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...front section in Tercentenary Theater at that historic event, it was better than any Commencement. Maybe it was the start of school or the warm fall air, but there was a palpable electricity in the air that day. And none of us will ever forget Mandela's wit, remarkable for a man of his age and with his extraordinary life behind him, or the scene of him hoisting his honorary diploma...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: Don't Forget Your Sunscreen | 4/14/1999 | See Source »

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