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...there was ever a question of whether New Moon could sustain the energy and audience passion of its Twilight original, the film's studio was not afraid to find the answer through a straightforward comparison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Moon's Premiere: A Familiar Scene of Lunacy | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...fact, Spain is among the minority of European Union member states that do not require sexual education in schools. And in comparison to what gets taught in other Western European nations, the material in the Extremadura program hardly seems radical. In the Netherlands, for instance, teachers at public schools lead discussions in which they ask girls ages 12 to 15 what they would do if their boyfriends refused to wear a condom. In Finland, basic sex education begins in kindergarten, and the curriculum for ninth-graders includes lessons on abortion and masturbation. In Germany, where sex education is mandatory, public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spanish Outraged by Teen Masturbation Workshops | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...matches before the main event in Vegas had interesting names in them (Julio Cesar Chávez Jr., son of the famous Mexican fighter, was one; Yuri Foreman, a Belarussian-born Israeli boxer now living in Brooklyn, N.Y., was another), but they were anemic - and not just in comparison to the electric battle between Cotto and Pacquiao. For now, the Filipino fighter says he is going to spend time with his family. He is also probably going to try his hand at politics again. So boxing, besieged by the continuing rise of Mixed Martial Arts, may need more saviors quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good and Bad News for Boxing: Only One Pacquiao | 11/15/2009 | See Source »

...Insider admitted that this apples-to-oranges comparison was made purely for entertainment purposes.  Still, it inspired us to dig up some other statistics to put Harvard’s acceptance rate in perspective.  (We didn’t make these up, we swear...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: And You Thought Getting Into Harvard was Hard... | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

Psychology professor Shelley H. Carson affirms the notion that drugs may be less present on our campus in comparison to others. “I would expect there to be less drug use in the artistic community at Harvard, because their ability to be an artist depends on their ability to stay in school,” she says...

Author: By Noël D. Barlow and Eunice Y. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: High Art | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

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