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...played along when Kudrow had Ancestry.com look up my family history. I found out through the 1930 Census that my father's father's parents paid $45 a month for a one-room New York City apartment for six people and they were the only ones on the block without a radio. My great-grandmother, when asked what country she grew up in, wrote "Poland," crossed it out and then wrote "Austria." These are countries that don't even border each other. I come from stupid people. You know how I know that? Because I had to look up whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reluctantly, Joel Stein Discovers His Roots | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...Sophomore] Alex Killorn chipped the puck to [junior] Michael Biega, and Michael made a great pass across the slot, past the defenseman’s stick,” Leblanc explained. “It found my stick, and I shot it low block past the goalie...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Comeback Falls Short, Home Ice Slips Away | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...strip of nightclubs, he said, "Granville Street itself is unlike anything I've seen at an Olympics." And he noted that all the drinking has led to a lot of public urinating. "I've personally witnessed about 8 to 10 guys whizzing at once along a fence half a block off the main street," he said. "It's like the infield at the Kentucky Derby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vancouver Games: A Gold in Drinking | 2/28/2010 | See Source »

...take advantage of the country's strong economy and low unemployment, which is around 8%. A tour of the neighborhood suggested that the damage to stores in this area was decidedly more pronounced than in wealthier areas. And the difference was not lost on the residents. Outside one apartment block, a group of residents gathered for a meeting. The ceiling of their building had crumpled in the quake, and the apartment dwellers were sure it was due to shoddy workmanship on the part of the constructor; they were furious with the government for granting the building a permit. Violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postquake: Unease, and Wedding Bells, In Chile | 2/28/2010 | See Source »

...into living in a comfortable, safe, homey environment, then please don't block with your current romantic interest. If you're into awkward post-breakup dhall run-ins and hearing alleged ex-romantic interest consummate his love with alleged new-romantic interest through traumatically thin walls, then by all means go ahead...

Author: By Sara Joe Wolansky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Housing Market: How to Banish Blocking Drama | 2/27/2010 | See Source »

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