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...denial.” The site provides an example in our own lingo: “I don’t have a problem. You’ve got the problem, Dude. And besides, you’re beginning to tick me off!” Cowabunga! Surprisingly, a random sample of ten students in Quincy House dining hall yielded none who scored in the addicted range of 7 to 9 “yes” answers. Four were not addicted, while the remaining six had 4-6 “yes” answers; for them, the survey...

Author: By Mark A. Pacult, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: We're Addicted. | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

Ever since Michelangelo proclaimed, “Cowabunga, dude!” in one of the earlier runs of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the surfing community has amassed a fringe group of followers. But with the development of the Harvard Surf Club and the Ivy League Surf Association (ILSA) over the past three years, the once-niche sport might finally move out of the sewer world and through the Ivy gates...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hangin’ 10 With Harvard | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

...business world so turbulent it feels like one long spin on the Humunga Cowabunga at the water park, an important fact has remained virtually unchanged for decades: who's biggest. Not which company is this quarter's most valuable or most profitable, but who's biggest, the one with more good-old-fashioned sales than any other. Nice to know some things never change, isn't it? Well, it's all about to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Top The Fortune 500? | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...characters as Clarabell the Clown and Flubadub. Howdy Doody ran for 13 years, partly a result of Smith's respect for his fans ("You can't kid a kid"). Among the show's contributions to the pop lexicon: the "Peanut Gallery" (his studio audience) and--sorry, Bart Simpson fans--"Cowabunga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 10, 1998 | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

Bart Simpson is an underachiever--"and proud of it," as a million T shirts read, back when The Simpsons began its run on Fox and he was the first fad of the '90s. Remember "Eat my shorts"? Recall "Cowabunga" and "Ay, caramba"? His fame skyrocketed in no time; burnout was virtually assured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cartoon Character BART SIMPSON | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

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