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...University, says Elad ignores key archaeological practices. "You're supposed to dig for six weeks and then report on what you find. In the City of David, they've been digging nonstop for two years without a satisfactory report," Greenberg says. He accuses Elad of using archaeology as a "crowbar" to "throw out the Palestinians living in Silwan and turn it into a Jewish place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology in Jerusalem: Digging Up Trouble | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...guilt by bad-mouthing or bad-thinking their spouse. But when people work on their marriage and put the lover by the wayside, they're often very surprised at how much things can improve. Another piece of advice I'd say is, lovers are often little more than the crowbar you needed to get out of your marriage, but you don't need to marry the crowbar. That's a mistake a lot of people make. They feel so guilty, they then marry the person they had the affair with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Have Affairs — And Why Not to Tell | 7/8/2008 | See Source »

...things done. Coach Gica tells his team that “after the game he’d smash everyone’s ankles with a crowbar” if they don’t win the very important upcoming match, “[He] even showed us the crowbar, and he took a swipe with it at one of the planks in the fence, the crowbar tore right into the wood and he said our bone would break apart just like that, in splinters, not a soul would be able to put them together again.” This...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Violence Reigns Supreme in 'White King' | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

Hemlock. A crowbar to the knees. Locusts. To most tennis fans, these might seem like the only ways to topple Roger Federer, the three-time defending U.S. Open champion and arguably the greatest tennis player of all time. Federer has already taken two Grand Slam championships this year (the Australian Open and Wimbledon, where he has won five consecutive titles). He has compiled 11 for his career, just three shy of the men's singles record held by Pete Sampras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Ways to Beat Roger Federer | 8/24/2007 | See Source »

Anna Nicole Smith, winner of bogus multi-million-dollar lawsuits vs. Nancy Kerrigan, not winner at the Olympics after Tonya Harding had someone attack her with a crowbar...

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What's in a Friend? | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

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