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...hours of the night, Mollie is still perky and apt to brandish a tray of home-made cookies at any moment. In between endless editing sessions, Mollie lives a secret existence as a high-powered political intern, fashion retail maven and fitness guru with nary a complaint...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Deconstructing FM | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

There’s a distinct thrill to listening to music of all kinds (my playlist is apt to jump from ZZ Top to Handel’s Messiah…top that.) It’s refreshing, in a kind of hairpin turn, mind-bending sort of a way. If people ask you what music you listen to, you can shake your head slowly, with a wry smile and honestly say, “Oh…all kinds. That’s the kind of guy I am.” And wait for the women...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sound and Fury | 12/5/2003 | See Source »

...universe of compassionate conservatism, a kinder, gentler pepper spray or water cannon might be in order. The benefits of FTAA should be so obvious that only social “misfits” and “foreign carriers of the anti-American lunacy” are apt to challenge its triumph. This week’s issue of U.S. News & World Report noted that security police had apparently taken such advice to heart and were indeed searching for less violent techniques to deal with incipient anti-FTAA unrest; but one Miami shop clerk claimed to be packing...

Author: By John T. Trumpbour, | Title: Resisting the FTAA | 11/26/2003 | See Source »

Religion, in Dawkins’ view, not only provides false comfort—it is actively divisive and harmful. Designated as Christians or Muslims by their parents, children are apt to face the discrimination associated with these labels, Dawkins said...

Author: By Asya Troychansky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oxford Scientist Launches Sharp Critique of Religion | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

...located in Sydney's sprawling Star City casino complex, tel: (61-2) 9777 9000, smack on Darling Harbour and one of the city's inescapable landmarks. With its 145,000-square-meter main gaming room awash in color, noise and distraction, this populist fun palace is an apt approximation of what entertainment venues would look like if the Roman Empire still existed. When you're tired of feeding slots, you can lose some serious money at the stud poker or roulette tables, and then console yourself in one of Star City's six bars?the Glo lounge, overlooking the gaming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chips with Everything | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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