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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dimpled with beautifully concise and vivid encapsulations of the utterly mundane and the extraordinary alike.The letters Janice writes to Chase, for example, as the length of her space stay drives her slowly zanier, are worth falling in love over. The detailed precision of her reminiscences delicately counter the truly heartfelt and heartbreaking sentiments she struggles with at other moments. “I see only myself and a shimmer beside me, you’re nothing now but an urgent elusive talisman, an object glimpsed but unseen, a fish’s lure in the deep, a reason...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lethem's Novel proves 'Chronic' | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...more general question on the question of nuclear programs: I was at the Quds Day observance in 2001, our calendar, when Hashemi Rafsanjani said that there was a need for an Islamic bomb to counter the Israeli nuclear arsenal. Do you agree with that? I had never heard this statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...with a big upfront cost - like IUDs or vasectomies - may see pregnancy rates continue to fall," says Camp. "But among lower-income women, a third of them are saying that they can't afford the contraception they'd like to use. They're relying on less effective, over-the-counter methods. We could likely see an increase for them in unintended pregnancies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recession Fallout: Fewer Women Having Kids | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

Café operations manager Mark A. Terrelonge ’10 said from his perch behind the counter late last night that even when the cafe was locked-down after 2 a.m., desperate students appeared able to pilfer fuel for their cram sessions...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Students Steal Red Bulls for All-Nighters, Lamont Retaliates | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

...forlorn journalist pen outside the hotel. Shown a picture of Palin, a woman surnamed Ng, who operated a food stand near the Grand Hyatt, professed to not know who she was. "If she is rich and famous, then maybe she goes shopping nearby," said Ng from behind her counter. "Afterward, she can come eat my fishballs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Sarah Palin Said in Her Hong Kong Speech | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

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