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...innocent boy he once was, not to the monster he became), it is also very dangerous. Without a willingness to reflect nonjudgmentally on the causes of Cho's psychosis, and thereby learn to identify and treat individuals on a similar path, such horrific incidences will occur again. Kevin Cannon, New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...Kevin Cannon, NEW YORK CITY

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: May 14, 2007 | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...group's commander, Captain Christopher Newport, a career privateer who had lost an arm pirating booty on the Spanish Main and reckoned the colonists would need every fighting man they had once they got to Virginia. Sure enough, two weeks after they settled at Jamestown, 200 Indians attacked. Cannon fire dispersed the war party, but the skirmish served notice that the settlers were not welcome on the rich riverside tracts Native Americans first roamed some 13,000 years before the birth of Christ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Captain John Smith | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...torch. Terrified natives opened their granary to the armed trespassers, knowing that meant some of their own people would likely starve come winter. Returning from one such mission of foraging and gunboat diplomacy, Smith found disgruntled settlers trying to commandeer a ship back to London. He opened cannon and musket fire on the would-be deserters, who quickly reassessed and came ashore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Captain John Smith | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...should ever find yourself in court. Harvard Science Fiction Club: These guys will believe any story. Catholic Student Association: A religion that believes in creative birth control, not to mention confession. Harvard Civil War Reenactment Club: How better to lead the Union (or Confederacy) into battle than with a cannon? Also consider Harvard Pirate Association (HPA). “Avoid the Freshman Fifteen” Club: You could create this organization to attract the ‘11 ladies. There’s still time to table during Prefrosh Weekend...

Author: By Daniel B. Adler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Compulsive Joiner? Try These | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

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