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...wonder if my roommate, Shaka, would get mad if I hooked up with his hot sister...

Author: By T. D. Franken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Charleses in Charge | 10/25/2001 | See Source »

...boss of ISI, Lieut. General Ehsan ul- Haq, is regarded as moderate, professional and without political ambition. But some wonder if he is ruthless enough to overhaul an agency still filled with Islamic sympathizers. ISI, says a diplomat, "has to be cut down to size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: The World's Toughest Job | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...into war, as when Captain America famously punched out Hitler. And as TV horned in on the comics audience, its superheroes reflected our moods in war and peace. The 1950s had its straight-arrow Superman; the 1960s, a campy Batman. After Vietnam, we saw comforting images of super-Americans (Wonder Woman, the Bionic Man and Woman); after the cold war, postmodern parodies (Space Ghost). Call it coincidence or prescience, but a new generation of prime-time superhero is arriving for a new decade and a new war. Smallville (the WB, Tuesdays, 9 p.m. E.T.) and The Tick (Fox, Thursdays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Super, Human Strength | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...childhood, but it was also the landscape of heartbreak because my mother had been a secret Southern-belle alcoholic, and she died from drink. When I came back, I had to face that--and I did, when I wrote Violin in 1996, my most autobiographical book. It's a wonder I came out of writing it alive. It put me in touch with sorrow and fear, but mostly love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Points: Heading Home | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...boss of ISI, Lieut. General Ehsan ul- Haq, is regarded as moderate, professional and without political ambition. But some wonder if he is ruthless enough to overhaul an agency still filled with Islamic sympathizers. ISI, says a diplomat, "has to be cut down to size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Toughest Job | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

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