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...Remembrance of Things Past: Combray" can be found in superior comic stores, and regular bookstores as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abomination or Magnum Opus? | 5/11/2001 | See Source »

...quick breather. Another mysterious product of my faulty brain, this option comes up regularly despite its complete lack of merit. It sounds so reasonable: Stop for 60 seconds, let the muscles rest a bit and catch your breath. Then continue with renewed vigor and resolve, having made the superior tactical choice. The only drawback to this is that it has never worked for anyone, ever, anywhere on earth. Stopping for "just a sec" during an endurance event is comparable to taking a "quick look" at the core of a nuclear reactor just to see if it is melting down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fool on the Hill | 5/10/2001 | See Source »

...book's finest storytelling occurs in the vivid descriptions of Bir Hakeim. Vastly superior in manpower and artillery, Rommel predicted that it would take him 15 minutes to crush the 3,700 men stationed there. Instead, combat raged for a bloody 15 days, the Legion holding out despite waning supplies and unbearable heat. As defeat seemed imminent, Koenig ordered a risky nighttime breakout through enemy lines. The book reaches its hair-raising climax with Travers at the wheel, Koenig at her side, speeding over dunes between firing tanks, and ultimately leading 2,400 men to safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Love and Adventure | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...were looking for someone with a superior intellect and an understanding of the Academy, someone who would command the respect of the Faculty, and someone who had a vision for the future," explained one committee member...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Committee's Long, Diligent Search | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...rules, Harvard earned the right to host a tiebreaking playoff series with Cornell, thanks to its superior record against third-place Dartmouth. Now Cornell will meet Harvard at Soldiers Field tomorrow afternoon, with an NCAA berth and the pride of two remarkably successful softball teams hanging in the balance...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard-Cornell: Five Years of Great Ivy Softball | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

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