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I think he has an unbelievable calm under pressure. And I'm sure this is something he learned during his years in the war zone. You don't become a Pulitzer finalist twice because you're running around being freaked out, you know? This is a guy who can keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transcript: Sharon Stone vs. the Komodo Dragon | 6/23/2001 | See Source »

Yet to the rock generations that both learned from Paul and put his kind of music out of business, he was regarded more highly for his technical innovations. He pioneered recording on tape, creating dozens of layers of sound with an early reel-to-reel tape machines. He designed (but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Les Is More | 6/22/2001 | See Source »

He was born Lester Polsfuss (the family soon simplified the name to Polfus) in Waukesha, 18 miles west of Milwaukee. Encouraged by his mother, he learned piano, guitar and harmonica. His acquisitive intelligence led him into all sorts of precocious experiments, like poking new holes in player-piano music to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Les Is More | 6/22/2001 | See Source »

Remember, though, that the fox learned never to count Brer Rabbit out.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why George Bush is the Brer Rabbit of American Politics | 6/21/2001 | See Source »

They certainly don't claim to have a silver bullet. The U.S. has been sucked back in to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, but it was only a matter of time before that happened. They were trying to be judicious about it, and they may have more realistic expectations about what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Powell Will Push Israelis, Palestinians to Reopen Talks' | 6/21/2001 | See Source »

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