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...which focuses on a U.S. high security prison. The writers also based some of the story on real-life events and characters, drawing most of the inspiration from Mexico City's infamous Santa Marta women's prison. The result is a series that is as grim, bloody and chaotic as actual Latin American prisons; it is world where children live with their mothers behind bars until they are six, where corruption is rife and where killings are commonplace. But aside from portraying the misery of prison life, the producers also aimed to forge the kind of compulsive dramas that will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steamy Prison Drama in Telenovela Land | 4/23/2008 | See Source »

...navigate. But the growing economy and higher living standards of recent years have made getting around the city increasingly difficult. More cars were sold last year than during any in history, and close to 1,000 new vehicles takes to the streets each day. The result, predictably, is chaotic congestion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Worst Traffic Jams | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...took advantage of the opportunity to time travel over Spring Break, for the select few who were resourceful enough to construct Deloreans while their peers were only buying airline tickets, Fire & Ice offers a remarkable replication of the pre-historic world they likely visited. Here, food only exists in chaotic piles of raw meat and vegetables freshly torn from the Earth; ordinarily civilized students morph into Cro Magnons with no opportunity for rest amidst the continual need to hunt and gather their own meals. It goes without saying that the do-it-yourself ethos of Fire & Ice precludes exposure...

Author: By Aliza H. Aufrichtig and Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Around Harvard Square in Foreign Fare | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

...protests, which have been spurred by last month's unrest in Tibet, reached a jarring high point in last week's huge, chaotic outpourings in London and Paris. The unrest has made a mockery of the theme for this summer's Beijing Olympics: "One World, One Dream." In the words of David Zweig, head of the Center on China's Transnational Relations at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, "'One World, One Dream' has turned out to be quite a nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's View of the Olympic Torch War | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

After weathering the chaotic offensive play of the first three periods, Harvard sealed the floodgates and completely shut out its opponent as Liao’s goal proved to be the only score of the fourth quarter...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Stays Afloat on the West Coast, Takes 2 of 3 | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

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