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...meantime, FlyBy is sifting through a wallet full of void purple "Boomerang Gift Certificates," good for $1 off on any next visit to Herrell's, saddened by Herrell's obvious debt default...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah | Title: Farewell to Herrell's! | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...There is much to learn from ARCI’s anti-discrimination campaign, not simply from the poster, but also from its powerful and somewhat eerie slogan: “Il razzismo e un boomerang, prima o poi ti ritorna—Racism is a boomerang, sooner or later it comes back...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman | Title: Racism is a Boomerang | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...term boomerang children used to refer to young adults moving back in with their parents, but the recession is forcing people in their 30s and 40s and older - often with a spouse and kids in tow - to bunk in with the 'rents until they regain their financial footing. Since the recession began in December 2007, the U.S. has lost 3.6 million jobs. An AARP survey released in May found that more than a third of retirees have had to help a child pay bills in the past year. And the number of multigenerational households has increased from 5 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bunking In with Mom and Dad | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...laws pay their monthly bills. Michael Gallagher also found a killer deal on a rental. He moved out of his mom's place in November, but she has yet to rearrange her stuff. "I'm not moving anything back just yet," she says. "With this awful economy, he could boomerang right back in here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bunking In with Mom and Dad | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...fanboy Quentin Tarantino to cast him as a mob potentate in Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and as the white-bearded Pai Mei in Kill Bill Vol. 2. Now in his early 50s, Liu still looks sinewy topless. This time his chief weapon is not his flying feet but a boomerang bowler he uses to decapitate his rivals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movie Review: Bollywood Goes East | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

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