Word: boyness
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...into the realm of the undead in 1918. Defiantly old-fashioned, the film wants viewers to believe not so much in vampires as in the existence of an anachronistic movie notion: a love that is convulsive and ennobling. Bella could be any Hollywood heroine in love with a good boy whom society callously misunderstands. She's Natalie Wood to Edward's James Dean (in Rebel Without a Cause) or Richard Beymer (in West Side Story). Cathy, meet Heathcliff. Juliet, Romeo...
...ninth world title in surfing, making him both the youngest (in 1992, at age 20) and the oldest (now 36) surfing champion in history. His new book, Kelly Slater: For the Love, is a visual tour through the taut, tanned world of competitive surfing and how a young boy from Cocoa Beach, Florida rose to the top. Kelly Slater talks to TIME about surfing, his new world title and why he is always late...
...lecturer in the History and Literature department and the Kennedy School of Government, and a resident tutor in Quincy House, has a much more personal reason called him back to Cambridge. While pursuing a PhD at Columbia University in summer 1998, McCarthy became legal guardian of Malcolm Green, a boy he had mentored through the Big Brother program as an undergraduate. McCarthy essentially “adopted and raised him through high school,” while simultaneously writing his dissertation and teaching in Hist & Lit—a job, he notes, he was fortunate...
...seem popular instead of just really creepy. World Wide Web (1991) The arrival of the Internet Age provides relief for blue-balled males (and females?) on Friday nights. Lorena Bobbatt Trial (1993) Remember when that crazy lady castrated her husband? Guys locked themselves in their rooms for weeks. Soulja Boy (2007) This song was the centerpiece of every party for at least six months, but it was only good the first five times. Plus it got a lot of people dancing who probably should have stayed by the drinks—you don’t have rhythm...
...seat on the Environment and Public Works Committee. "I would defy anyone to be more angry than I was," says Reid. "But I also believe that if you look at the problems we face as a nation, is this a time we walk out of here saying, 'Boy, did we get even...