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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...willing to consume obscene amounts of alcohol every weekend but blithely stigmatize the minority of their peers who like to get high. I can’t tell you how many times I have seen people—who apparently have no problem blacking out, puking in a toilet bowl, and hooking up with utter strangers—shudder with horror and righteous indignation when someone mentions smoking weed. Of course, this silly taboo among Harvard students is not surprising; it reflects the deep-seated double-standard about alcohol and marijuana use that exists in American society as a whole...

Author: By David L. Golding | Title: High Achievers | 1/6/2007 | See Source »

...Chargers to a franchise-best 14-2 record, and since they hold home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, which start Jan. 6 (the Chargers have earned a first-round bye), the Bolts are favorites to fly to Miami, representing the American Football Conference in the Feb. 4 Super Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Back Ever | 1/5/2007 | See Source »

Unless you are trying to tackle him. Tomlinson is the most deceptive running back in the game. Start with his body. At a compact 5 ft. 10 in., with an upper half that's sculpted but not scary, Tomlinson won't bowl you over the way Brown did. But most opponents haven't scoped his thunder thighs. When asked about his lower-body strength during an interview in the Chargers' locker room, the otherwise demure Tomlinson unsheathes his left leg from his sweatpants. Think humpback whale, with muscles. "I'm proud of my thighs," Tomlinson says with a laugh. "That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Back Ever | 1/5/2007 | See Source »

...mind this season. An aunt to whom Tomlinson was very close died suddenly in June, and his wife's aunt passed away later in the summer. On a less personal level, the expectations of a sun-splashed, championship-starved San Diego-- the Chargers have never won a Super Bowl, the Padres a World Series--fall squarely on Tomlinson's stout shoulders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Back Ever | 1/5/2007 | See Source »

...always look at myself in the mirror and ask, Am I doing enough?" he says. "I worry about a lot of things and honestly don't think I'll ever be stress free." Calm down, LT. Your team is going to the Super Bowl. It's in the cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Back Ever | 1/5/2007 | See Source »

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