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...that outdoor table on the busiest street in the Texan capital, she standing, me sitting down, we bonded over our crush on the British novelist who first bewitched critics...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beautiful Zadie’s Novel Disappointingly Dense | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

...begun a life-long obsession with something truly stupid. Any entertainment where dry ice and theme music are essential to plot development is not the kind of thing one discusses in polite company. But still, I must confess: I love professional wrestling. To this day, I maintain a crush on The Raven, a scrawny little Gothic dude who always won the “Cage Matches” by beating his opponents over the head with metal folding chairs...

Author: By Diana E. Garvin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Et tu, Steve Austin? | 10/6/2005 | See Source »

...born in Hungary in 1944 and, after Soviet troops invaded the country to crush a popular uprising in 1956, fled to the U.S. He now serves on the board of the Central European University in Budapest...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowment Reaches $25.9 Billion | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

When I was in my junior year of high school in Chicago, I had a crush on a girl named Betty Conklin. I learned to jitterbug with her. When she invited another boy to a hayride instead of me, I reinvented myself for the first time. I started referring to myself as Hef instead of Hugh. Instead of wearing clothes chosen by my parents, I started wearing yellow cords, saddle shoes and red-flannel shirts that I didn't tuck in. I became more outgoing and created an ideal high school life for myself: I was head of the student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner tells how he created an identity in order to fulfill his dreams | 10/2/2005 | See Source »

...born in Hungary in 1944 and, after Soviet troops invaded the country to crush a popular uprising in 1956, he fled to the U.S. He now serves on the board of the Central European University in Budapest...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowment Soars to $25.9 Billion as Chief Departs | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

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