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...shrimping. These were exactly the people I wanted to spend the night with. I first met Chris and Jacqui that evening. As the boat’s motor buzzed louder, so did they. I was reporting for the summer at a newspaper near Tampa. Jacqui reached into a paper bag and gave me her last sticky caramel. I asked her why a tattoo circled her right wrist.“It’s a bear claw,” she said. “For strength.”I looked at Chris?...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, | Title: Just Shrimping | 8/11/2006 | See Source »

...came down to say he wanted to bring over his new live-in girlfriend but she was reluctant. It turned out she was that agent and remembered me. When she finally did visit, we laughed about it, though of course I had to ask if the contents of her bag belonged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Toughest Airline Security of All | 8/10/2006 | See Source »

...kissing is presented this year I will permit myself to exercise it as an option, especially with tongue, although I recognize that's not everyone's bag, especially not Sarah Watkinson's, who told everyone in sixth grade that I was the "worst kisser ever" during a spin-the-bottle game, even though I know for a fact she'd just kissed one other boy before me, and that was earlier in the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking the Paris Hilton Celibacy Challenge | 8/8/2006 | See Source »

Meanwhile, in Congress, Representatives Mary Bono, a Republican from California, and Massachusetts Democrat Michael Capuano are sponsoring a House bill that would allow people to turn off their recorders--a provision that would require a complex redesign of air-bag systems. If EDRs are eventually installed in cars that can retain more than several seconds of data, says Bono, "information could be collected about our driving habits, and we might not even know it is happening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psst, Your Car is Watching You | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...seat and put that in the drum, and then they went looking for an astronaut,'' Arneth recalls. A runty stockman was chosen and inserted, too drunk to protest, into the cramped cockpit. In case he got thirsty on the moon, the men hung a water bag beside the car seat. Then they put some gelignite under the rocket, ran a trail of petrol to it, counted down from 10 and dropped a lit match onto the "fuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tales of the Wild North | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

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