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...would have a hard time not saying Titanic. (See the 100 best movies of all time.) 21. I once sent a teacher into early retirement by pretending to be a cheetah and swiping at her from under a desk. 22. I once ran into New Kids On the Block's Joey McIntyre in the lobby of an off-Broadway show. I told him he was the first boy I ever loved. He laughed and kind of smiled. This was the most gratifying moment of my life. 23. My friends say that when they shave my back, I purr like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...their abilities. And Israeli officials are congratulating themselves on their tactics. "Hamas and [Lebanon's] Hizballah are worried that Israel has broken the DNA code of urban fighting," says reserve Brigadier General Shalom Harari, while cautioning that Hamas' military leaders are probably already at work planning ways to block the Israeli military's next assault if fighting in Gaza breaks out again, as it undoubtedly will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel and Hamas Prepare for the Next Gaza War | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

...saves later in the night that kept the Crimson neck-and-neck with the Terriers. Hoyle jumped on the puck to save a long shot from a BU defenseman to keep the score tied at the end of the second period. Halfway through the final frame, Hoyle dove to block the puck with his glove, and then made another glove stop seconds later on a similar attempt from the Terriers. “It’s difficult for anybody to play their first Beanpot game,” Donato said. “There were times where Matt...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston University Power Play Too Much For Harvard to Handle in Beanpot Loss | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...Sunday afternoon, Schuster, still without power, was surprised to see that work crews - some apparently dispatched from Alabama - were erecting new utility poles next to the fallen poles that had not yet been cleared away. Neighbors told her that the utility crews reported seeing the same sight on every block - decimated power and communication lines that had to be entirely rebuilt. (Residents in rural Kentucky regions were informed Sunday that it may be weeks and, in some rare cases, months until their electricity is restored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kentucky's Ice Storm Worse in Aftermath | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

...seems confounded no more. He has called yet another national referendum, for Feb. 15, to revisit the term-limits question. And this time he's doing a more effective if controversial job of thwarting the youths who once thwarted him. "If they block a street, tear-gas them good," he has urged the police. With the students neutralized, and with the regular opposition parties still unable to challenge Chávez on a national level, the leftist revolutionary looks likely to win this new bid for indefinite re-election. Chávez "is playing a more effective role against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chávez Beats Back His Student Opposition | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

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