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...Certain words cannot be said out loud without setting off a series of complicated psycho-cultural explosions: the N word among African-Americans, the F word among gays; the C word among Chinese-Americans. Italian-Americans have a similar relationship with a two-syllable word beginning with G that is actually a man's name. And their feelings burst out loud when MTV began promoting its new reality show Jersey Shore, which an off-camera announcer declared would feature the "hottest, tannest craziest Guidos" in New Jersey's beachside communities. Wait, did MTV really just say "Guido...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italian Americans and the G Word: Embrace or Reject? | 12/12/2009 | See Source »

...army brat, you learn to make wherever you are work. I’d have to say I prefer the East Coast and its essence and its history. There is a certain East Coast vibe in reality and focus of life and education that is very different from the West Coast...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Blair Underwood | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...don’t think it is ever easy raising kids anywhere. But [Hollywood] has its own unique challenges. I constantly am telling them they grow up in a bubble. It’s incumbent upon my wife and I to give them a certain sense of the real world and giving back. Every once in awhile, they want to go somewhere. I took my son to the premiere party of the “Star Trek” DVD release, something I would not usually go to, but he’s a big fan. The day before...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Blair Underwood | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...certain woman called my cell phone once a week over the summer, always with the same opening...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hello, Goodbye | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...ordeal is not over even when refugees make it to Israel. Sigal Rozen says Israel operates an unofficial "hot return" procedure, under which it deports asylum seekers to Egypt provided they crossed within a certain area of the border. Rozen says this policy is illegal by international law "as Israel receives no guarantee that these people will be treated humanely on the other side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dangers Await Africans Seeking Asylum in Israel | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

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