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...Oyeniyi eschews the butch lesbian stereotype, instead wearing formfitting, feminine clothing and playing with her long hair as she talks. Even the Girlspot Web site defies societal expectations with a neon pink background...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Lesbians Seek Community | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

...proper administration of the stimulation necessary to improve the financial system. The disadvantage of seeing the system that way is the world is lifeless when contemplated at such a great distance. It is impossible to see a person out of work from six miles away. Bernanke's academic background allows him to understand that inventories are low and home prices are affordable. He sees a small movement of the needle of the economy and says it is a trend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Bernanke on the Shelf for a Year | 5/6/2009 | See Source »

...convictions consist of multiple burglaries, many of which involved the sexual assault of his victims. According to Jennifer Vargen, a spokeswoman for State Fund, where Thomas worked from 1989 up until his arrest, they were unaware of his criminal history. Back when Thomas was hired, Vargen says, mandatory criminal-background checks weren't in effect (they were instituted for new employees in the mid-1990s). Now, in light of the case against Thomas, she says the human resources department is reevaluating whether to conduct criminal-background checks for employees hired before the mandatory practice went into effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cold Case Gets Hot: Is This L.A.'s Westside Rapist? | 5/3/2009 | See Source »

...Thomas' background that appears to have come back to land him in jail. He was tied to the latest charges through DNA samples taken from him in October 2008 as part of California's ongoing process to swab registered sex offenders. Thomas was required to give the samples because of a rape conviction in 1978 in Pasadena. He was also convicted of burglary and attempted rape in Los Angeles in 1957. On March 27, the California Department of Justice DNA Laboratory notified detectives that Thomas' DNA matched evidence for the rape and murder of Ethel Sokoloff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cold Case Gets Hot: Is This L.A.'s Westside Rapist? | 5/3/2009 | See Source »

...gene planet, than his studly sib; cinematography that makes everyone except McConaughey look ugly (the same artless deglamorizing recently evident in 17 Again and State of Play); hapless guest appearances by Michael Douglas and Anne Archer, who must have wished they were back in Fatal Attraction; a background score comprising random samples of a Lite-FM playlist; and enough gaffes of plot and atmosphere to make you wonder if anyone was watching while the picture was being made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The McConaughey Mystery: King of Hunks | 5/2/2009 | See Source »

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