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Still, a few weeks into school it seemed thatmeeting people was increasingly a chore. So Icelebrated Ashvin. For a while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Slice of Life | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

...likethe classics. I think there's a need forreconstruction in poetry. I've read the Odysseythree times, three different translations. A lotof people who read this are thinking, god thisguy's pompous...I like the Greeks a lot. I love toread cool literature. That's my favorite chore, toread arcane, abstract tomes...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, | Title: 15 MINUTES with the Spin Doctors | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

Walsh said he will tackle every aspect of the job as the Cardinal's head football coach, even overseeing recruiting, a chore he did not enjoy in his first stint at Stanford. He began calling recruits yesterday morning before his introduction...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Stanford Hires Walsh as Football Coach | 1/17/1992 | See Source »

...party's conservative wing. Gregg's son Judd, 44, is the current Governor. Judd succeeded Sununu and is more conservative than his father, but the old rivalry endures. Thus the simple matter of how to respond to Sununu's departure became a minicrisis. With Judd away, the stance-crafting chore fell to Hugh, who is his son's closest political confidant. Judd's staff wanted to say nothing at all. Hugh urged a mild statement of praise. "You don't kick a man when he's down," Hugh told one of his son's aides, chuckling to signal that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Hello George, New Hampshire's Calling | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

Obviously, the smaller the bill, the more sense it makes to pay early. Lumping four $10 monthly bills makes a lot more sense than lumping four mortgage payments. But as the table shows, even on a $60 monthly bill, doubling up cuts the chore in half and "earns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: Amount Due? Zero, Thanks! | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

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