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...Wow! He must be a real babe, Libidinal. He sounds as good as Jacques, maybe even better. Kudos to you. However, I agree that jumping George in public may not be all that great an idea. Of course, this could be cool, but otherwise wait to get home. If you're having trouble controlling your urges there are ways to lose the mood. Try thinking about dead puppies. Or Newt Gingrich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norma Knows | 3/9/1995 | See Source »

Another reason involves credit. Clinton hoped to be a hero. He hoped, especially, to wow the white male voters he desperately needs in 1996. He failed, but at least he tried. Sure, there are more important matters before him, but if he'd settled the strike, a grateful nation would have saluted-- which is exactly what the G.O.P. didn't want. ``This could have been a big victory for the President,'' says Dole, ``so, yes, I think there's some politics involved.'' Some? The fact, says Republican strategist Bill Kristol, is that ``solving the baseball strike would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRIKING OUT, SWINGING | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

Much like other facets of romantic interaction, interesting conversation can be faked. Feign intense interest in whatever inane subject comes up. "Wow, Bowling! I love bowling!" This is especially effective with seniors and their thesis topics...

Author: By Jeremy D. Fiebert, | Title: Le Big Mack | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

...Wow! Barbra Streisand comes to the Kennedy School. Headline coverage in the papers and on TV. The audience filled with fellows and beaming professors. Did you spot Roger Fisher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Streisand Does Not Merit Hype | 2/15/1995 | See Source »

When the bus carrying O'Dell Wills from Mississippi to Chicago in 1950 neared its destination, the sharecroppers' son could hardly contain his excitement. "When we hit the city limits," he recalls, "I said, 'Wow! I'm home free. This is heaven.'" Fifteen years later, Dorothy Tillman, a civil rights worker arriving from Alabama, saw the high-rise apartment buildings where most blacks then lived and had a different reaction. "Look at all them there factories in the middle of the city," she said to her companion. "Those are not factories," he replied. "People live there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHEN CHICAGO WAS HEAVEN | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

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