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...Basterds are a unit of Jews - American and German - under the command of Brad Pitt's Lieutenant Aldo Raine, a tough, jovial hillbilly who sees his mission as the killing and scalping of Nazis. Any German soldiers, in fact. They're all the same to Aldo. (See a brief history of WWII movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inglourious Basterds: Stalking History and Hitler | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inglourious Basterds: Stalking History and Hitler | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...Lapp, who has served as UC's chief business officer since May 2007, will take on a similar slate of responsibilities at Harvard—directing the University's offices for human resources, finances, and administration, which reported directly to the president prior to Forst's brief tenure. She will also work to streamline University-wide operations and services and will serve on the board of the Harvard Management Company, which manages the University's endowment. "Katie has a reputation for effectiveness, honesty, and integrity in whatever she undertakes," University President Drew G. Faust said in a statement released today...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Fills Vacated Executive VP Position | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...some 130 million card numbers. The crime is believed to be the largest retail-store theft in U.S. history. Although little is known about Gonzalez's personal life, he has a long history of hacking and has been known to operate on both sides of the law. (Read "A Brief History of Cybercrime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Master Hacker Albert Gonzalez | 8/19/2009 | See Source »

...Secret Service is very concerned about this," says Petro, who spent 23 years as an agent, including four guarding President Reagan and his family. "It's hard enough to protect the President, and this is not helpful." He pauses. "We are not a Third World country." (Read "A Brief History of the Secret Service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Protesters Bear Arms Against Health-Care Reform | 8/19/2009 | See Source »

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