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...turns violent and moving, the book includes tales of a hapless jobbing magician who can't help conjuring up severed rabbits' heads at birthday parties, a dithering hard-boiled hit man, and the goddess Venus working as an office temp. Thrown into the mix alongside a clutch of tragically distant fathers is a string of treacherous girlfriends - one of whom demands her beau deliver her the heart of his mother, to prove his love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surreal Israel. Etgar Keret's stories plumb the strange side of the Holy Land | 4/3/2007 | See Source »

...term presidency--the head of the Soprano crime family is thinking about his legacy. (Fair warning: here's where the spoilers begin.) In the first new episode, Tony, still feeling the effects of having been gut-shot by dementia-addled Uncle Junior, is celebrating his 47th birthday. Later there's a reference to one of his Mob peers, who died at 47. No one connects the dots explicitly, but the parallel is not lost on Tony. "My estimate, historically, 80% of the time, [a Mob boss] ends up in the can," he tells his brother-in-law Bobby (Steven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The End of the Soprano Administration | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

...disciplines and Harvard’s traditionally independent schools.“We’ve made as much progress, certainly more progress, than I would have hoped for on the basis of what people told me when I came in,” Bok, who celebrates his 77th birthday today, said. “I do not have any significant frustrations where I feel we’ve not been able to make progress on things that I hoped to do.”Even though he has maintained a low profile on campus and often leaves the office...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani and Claire M. Guehenno, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: In Final Year, Bok Tackles Challenges | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...female, interested in men, and married – don’t worry Mom, we haven’t made it legal yet. You’ll also discern that I’m from Dallas (and judging by my groups, fiercely proud of it), my birthday is May 22, I’m politically “moderate,” and apparently have no religious views...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins | Title: Monster of a Website | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...make no mistake: when the Terrapins edged the Blue Devils, 78-75, in overtime on April 4, it was one of the best birthday presents I received...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GET A LODHA THIS: Fighting My Fear of the Turtle | 3/19/2007 | See Source »

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