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...straight for the keg—a minute or so after our chilly welcome—only to be interviewed by the keg master about why he was in Massachusetts if he hailed from California. Well, Josh said, he attends school in Massachusetts. Which one? The keg master was curious. A seasoned senior, I interrupted to ask what fine institution the keg master attended during daylight hours, and when he replied Umass-Amherst, I playfully punched Josh’s arm and told Mister Keg that Josh and I attend UMass-Boston. He bought it, and Josh got his beer...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Body Politics | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

...woman.” Huh? As far as I could tell, my blatantly insulting Bob all night—to his face no less—in return for his vulgar and sexist comments was a strong signal that I wanted him. The male ego is indeed a curious thing. Never before had I met a guy so turned on by being dissed...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Body Politics | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

...Place your bets. Ride the Blue Line to the Wonderland Race Track (284-1300). The greyhound races attracts serious betters, bored housewives and curious college kids. Even Matt Damon, class of 1993, and Minnie Driver did it. Insider tip: look to the old, balding men for betting advice...

Author: By Catharina E. Lavers, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: fifteen date spots | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

...Global Green Deal is no silver bullet. It can, however, buy us time to make the more deep-seated changes--in our often excessive appetites, in our curious belief that humans are the center of the universe, in our sheer numbers--that will be necessary to repair our relationship with our environment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Global Green Deal | 4/26/2000 | See Source »

...pietistic jabber - the noise of pols who flap up from their roosts to wheel in the air like vultures above every such mess, especially if it is children who are, as we say, "at risk." There's mileage in the poignancy. The vice president (a candidate now running a curious race against himself: Al Gore the Plausible November Winner in a fight to the death against his evil twin, Al Gore the Truly Unbearable) scored one for Unbearable Al by turning the zoo shooting into a demagogue moment. (Considering the permissive Texas gun atmosphere, George W. Bush practically pulled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Call Off the Vultures — Er, Politicians | 4/26/2000 | See Source »

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