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...United States Congress or a high-ranking government official?" It went on to offer $1 million for documented evidence, and listed a toll-free number and an email address. On Tuesday afternoon, Flynt's Hustler magazine issued a press release claiming responsibility for Vitter's decision to confess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Senator Vitter Get Hustled? | 7/10/2007 | See Source »

...delightful read or a painful exercise in frustration, as with much of the modern stuff. Today's poetry often seems to use obscurity for its own sake, to be so profound that the meaning, if there is one, is too erudite for those outside of academia. I confess that sometimes it just sounds to me like nonsense phrases pretending to mean something important. Since I write free verse, I know it is possible to create that delightful moment of understanding without being obscure. Annabelle Reeve, Aberdeen, North Carolina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...time since, I’ve had more than a week to reflect on what I’ve actually learned in my four years at Harvard College. I must confess I’m more than a little disappointed...

Author: By Nicholas A Molina, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Failure of Success | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

...admit that one time I got so angry at my roommate over an argument concerning Harry Potter that I threw his shoes out the window and dunked his toothbrush in the toilet (he only knows about the shoes). While these private shames of mine are difficult for me to confess, the secret that I’m going to share with you today is something that is truly shocking for a Harvard student: I don’t get straight A’s.Think back to high school and the time you received your acceptance letter from Harvard. How sweet...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: Getting In is the Hardest Part | 5/25/2007 | See Source »

Gentlemen: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy—or even the integrity—of the “classic” exam period editorial, “Beating the System,” you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called “Donald Carswell ’50” of being rather one of Us—the Bad Guys—than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell’s advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Reply | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

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