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...wrist looked like the neck of a decapitated chicken. The wound was jagged, the blood glistening in the light. My mouth was dry, my brow soaked in sweat; my heart beat quickly and weakly, little dings in my chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Lost My Hand But Found Myself | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...junk food--became public. The online supermarket Fresh Direct is posting the shopping lists of some of its famous customers, including director SPIKE LEE (Lactaid milk, Pringles, Granny Smith apples), Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon (truffle oil, Pop-Tarts, swordfish steaks) and model Paulina Porizkova (rotisserie chicken, Milano cookies, Jarlsberg cheese). The lists are not comprehensive; no toiletries, alas. Plus, the site does not guarantee that if you buy the star's groceries, you'll get the star's life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 25, 2006 | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...think your calling is to devote yourself to studying East Asia. Ni-hao and Konnichiwa. Take a seat next to the idiot who’s here because he enjoys watching Sailor Moon and wants to write his thesis on why possessing a tamagotchi and liking szechuan chicken gives him the right to stake his claim as an EAS scholar. Lucky for you, despite the bevy of unavoidable but surmountable requirements, the East Asian Studies department is a pretty kick-ass place to spend three years if you are genuinely interested in anything related to Asia. History, Literature, Linguistics, Econ...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: East Asian Studies | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...strength of the course is the professors, who, despite their foibles and idiosyncrasies, actually seem to care about teaching (perhaps because they’re both recent transfers from Washington University in St. Louis.) The more grandfatherly of the two, Joshua R. Sanes, has handwriting that makes chicken scratch look like artistic calligraphy. This wouldn’t be a problem except for his insistence on writing lecture notes on the fly on his tablet PC, which he projects on the screen. For extra fun, ask Sanes to pronounce the name of "Rita Levi-Montalcini," a famous Italian neurobiologist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Molecular and Cellular Biology 80, "Neurobiology of Behavior" | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...EASY, I’m Trying to Write a THESIS Here!”, so do yourself a favor and get it out of the way early. This need not be a nightmare–just know you won’t be half-assing a final paper about chicken nuggets or lollipops or something. Or, at least, you won’t end up with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Science B | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

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