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...Checking his school records, she sees he got a 98 in "protective instincts." Why not have him protect the quarterback on the school's lackluster football team? If he turns out to be good at it, maybe he'll go to Ole Miss. She invites him to move into Casa Tuohy, assigns her mouthy son S.J. (Jae Head) to monitor Michael's exercise regimen, hires a tutor (Kathy Bates) to help him raise his grade-point average and hectors the team's clueless coach (Ray McKinnon), instructing him in the finer points of athlete motivation. Michael's problem: he doesn...
Among the few belongings that Major Nidal Malik Hasan didn't give away, and left behind in his Casa del Norte apartment near Fort Hood, was his stash of prescription and over-the-counter medications. Stuffed into a shoe box and left in the laundry room, the collection included vitamins and an old bottle of an anti-HIV drug called Combivir...
...Italy in particular? "It can be extreme," she says of a child's attachment to casa and mamma. This extra-close relationship between Italian mothers and their children is thought to have its origins in the economic and political history of the country. For centuries, the Italian peninsula was a poverty-stricken place with weak governments, meaning that the family was the only source of protection and economic support for people. More recently, psychologists and economists believe the mammone problem is rooted in the economic precariousness of a debt-ridden nation that has been in gradual decline since its post...
...Consumed with extracurriculars, casting off commitment, or just posing as Crimson Casa Novas, single Harvard students love hooking up. Hook ups—spur of the moment sexual or semi-sexual encounters with other Harvard students you only sort-of know—can be simple, fun, and time-effective. You go out with your friends, spot a semi-attractive potential mate you recognize from section, and three Solo cups later you’re asking each other “your place or mine...
...Turkish art collection, which is regularly refreshed by their gallery in Istanbul. The walls are adorned with pieces by Turkish artists such as abstract masters Devrim Erbil and Adnan Coker, as well as works by international artists including Colombian sculptor and painter Fernando Botero. And next door is the Casa Dell'Arte Art Village, an equally chic 38-suite hotel with in-house artists who run free painting and sculpture workshops for guests - just in case looking at all that great art inspires you to create some of your...