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...experience. A writer works alone, even if he or she is physically in an office filled with other people. Among journalists, an occasional bout of dyspepsia or misanthropy is not merely tolerated but expected. A freelance journalist working at home, meanwhile, can spend days, months, years broody and unshaven (or, he sometimes begins to feel, actually dead), and no one will care. As it happens, shaving is not a high priority at the company where I work. But broodiness is acceptable only among the software developers, who are the equivalent of writers psychologically and professionally. Managers must be chipper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle Management 101 | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

...camera had the run of the city; it peered and pried everywhere, and its somewhat watery gaze was often unflattering. Good-looking women turned into witches and dapper men became unshaven bums. Under TV's merciless, close-up stare, the demagogues and players-to-the-gallery did not always succeed in looking like statesmen. Besides exposing the politicians' worst facial expressions, the camera caught occasional telltale traces of boredom, insincerity and petulance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1948-1960 Affluence | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...straddle motorcycles instead of horses, and they smoke marijuana instead of tobacco. But the central characters in Easy Rider are as remote as the freedom they are seeking. Wyatt (Peter Fonda) is a vague, unshaven pothead who likes to refer to himself as "Captain America." His manic sidekick Billy (Dennis Hopper) has a droopy Stephen Crane mustache and shiny eyes fixed on some wild interior vision. Flush from the profits of dope selling, the cyclists symbolically cast off their wristwatches and head for that persistent American symbol of adventure, the Road. In his first major role, Jack Nicholson proves that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1960-1973 Revolution | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

There were some impressive Harvard results, shaven or unshaven. Most notable is the performance of sophomore Greg Wriede, who was victorious in two events--the 400 yard individual medley and the 200 yard backstroke. Wriede, in fact, broke a 15-year-old Blodgett Pool record in the 400 IM with a time of 3:49.48. Not too bad for a boy without...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, | Title: Princeton Shaves Men's Swimming | 2/4/1997 | See Source »

...HUPD released the following description of the two suspects yesterday: One is a 5'7" black male of medium build, 18-20 years of age, who was unshaven and wearing a green jacket with a hood. The second suspect is a 5'10" black male of medium build, 18-20 years of age, who was wearing a white cloth sweater with a hood

Author: By Angela C. Walch, | Title: Assailants Rob Quad Students | 10/17/1996 | See Source »

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