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...Middleton is our other Shakespeare, why don't you know more about him? Because he's the madwoman in the attic - the secret we don't want our kids to discover. Would your parents want you to marry someone who describes getting pregnant as being "poisoned with child"? In Shakespeare's 39 plays there are 40 certified virgins. Middleton sees the allure of innocence ("Virginity is paradise, locked up"), and his plays include some magnificent maidens. But in his world most men want a sexually experienced woman. "Desire," Middleton insisted, "is of both genders": women can be as lascivious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bawdy Bard | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

Like the ghost in Harvard’s attic, Yale is making unfamiliar threatening noises, creaking the floorboards and moaning something that sounds a little like “McLeooooood.” The Crimson isn’t going to confront the specter until it has to, at the Yale Bowl...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Few Frights For Top Teams | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...strict. We're young, and we don't have the money to travel that much, but we travel in our heads. We go online. With technology, you can go anywhere on the Internet." This season they found a trove of vintage kimonos in McCollough's parents' attic, and the trapezoidal sleeve shape became a major motif of their collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geography Lessons | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...Growing up in the '60s, I camped, canoed and played basketball with my dad. I helped him (or tried to) roof the garage, insulate the attic and tile the kitchen floor. He gave me a bow-and-arrow set for my ninth birthday, and we went to the archery range together so I could practice. He read to all his children, checked our homework and expected us to do well in school. When Dad was at work, I played cowboys, baseball, basketball and climbed trees with the neighborhood kids. I rode my bike to the swimming hole and swung from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

Growing up in the 60's, I camped, canoed and played basketball with my dad. I helped him (or tried to help him) roof the garage, insulate the attic and tile the kitchen floor. He gave me a bow-and-arrow set for my ninth birthday, and we went to the archery range together so I could practice. He read to all his children, checked our homework and expected us to do well in school. When Dad was at work, I played cowboys, baseball, basketball and climbed trees with the neighborhood children. I rode my bike to the swimming hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Aug. 20, 2007 | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

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