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...panic attack." She leans forward on a sofa in Mendes' production office in Manhattan's shabby-glam Meatpacking District and smiles. "My first one. I didn't know what it was! It was a little like when your water [breaks], and you think, Did I just pee a bit, or is this it? I called my sister and said, 'I can't breathe, and I feel like I've got a brick on my chest and I'm seeing funny, and it sounds like everyone's talking to me in Hebrew.' She said, 'Yeah, that's a panic attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Actress: Kate Winslet's Moment | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

When Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts was first proposed, in the mid-1950s, it was imagined as a sort of island of culture in the midst of Manhattan - a symphony hall, an opera house, a theater and a stage for ballet, all standing back a bit in their travertine glory from a neighborhood on the Upper West Side that still had some very rough edges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lincoln Center's New Come-Hither Design | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...home in the northwestern city of Xian to a secluded military compound in Beijing, more than 700 miles (1,125 km) away. Like many Chinese parents, Wang felt she had no choice. "Things have absolutely gone out of control," she said, almost in tears. "My son just beat and bit me again this morning after I wouldn't let him touch the computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Beijing | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...He’s a good scorer, a good shooter,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “Just like any other team, I’m sure he’s going to be a little bit more comfortable, confident being at home, so we’ll have our work...

Author: By Katie Kuzma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Looks For Revenge on Road Trip | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...charged with the unhappy task of defending the practice of Law at Harvard’s Spring Exhibition, according to the Harvard Guide. Rutherford B. Hayes—yes, he was a president—was also a devotee to legal studies, though he was a bit wild during his time at Harvard Law School, attending temperance meetings and binging on theater performances. Realizing upon his graduation in 1845 that enough was enough, he wrote in his diary, “The rudeness of a student must be laid off, and the quiet manly deportment of a gentleman...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When They Were Young | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

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