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...policy. Book three days ahead for travel between Boston and San Francisco starting from $109; with seven days, you can fly from New York City to San Francisco starting from $119. In-flight, order from a good snack menu, choose from a 25-film library or chat with the clever cutie three rows back, with Virgin America's seat-to-seat chat system. Tickets must be purchased by April 20 and must be used between April 14 and June 10 or from August 25 to October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrate! It's Spring Festival Season | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...tyke on the playground what a fairy tale is, and any of the following phrases might turn up: princesses, singing mice, mermaids, fairy godmothers. Fairy tales are defined by magic, which is why Kurt Scwhitters’ clever but often unimaginative book “Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales,” newly translated by Jack Zipes, contains only two or three real “fairy tales.” The rest is a dark medley of fables, tall tales, parables, and even word games—all of them dark, most of them with unhappy...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fairy Tales Horrify, Numb | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...those days. By 2004, Game Boy had evolved into the DS (short for dual screen), a handheld hinged like a makeup compact, with two LCD displays and wi-fi so players could compete wirelessly. The top-selling handheld, it trounces Sony's PlayStation Portable. Rounding out Nintendo's clever lineup is the adorable Wii, a console launched in 2006 that detects players' movements in three dimensions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nintendo Disappoints with the New DSi | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...families who make raising their kids themselves their priority, it's amazing - they find a way. They move, they do something. One woman wrote in and said we pile into the car and do picnics and play board games. What I'm discovering is that people are getting more clever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dr. Laura Schlessinger | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...just being blue… It’s just a part of what I am / It’s just a part of my beating heart.” It turns out that PB&J are far weaker when gunning for clever or thoughtful than when they’re at their most crass and impudent. This is where they seem to have the most fun and, in turn, where their music is the most fun to listen to.There’s not anything particularly offensive about most of these songs, but outside...

Author: By Spencer Burke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Peter Bjorn & John | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

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