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...what, I presume, must be his first class of the day. It’s hard to tell just what’s going on in my neighbor’s abode. The six to eight page paper-thin fire door separating our two rooms bars my curious eye and masks his more subtle sounds. But based on what I’ve heard, Piper’s definitely a brooding wannabe of a hipster intellectual. When other voices are present in his room, all I hear through the door is vinyl jazz and Débussy. But when...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: True Tales of a Sinister Hipster | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...years you held one of the great jobs in journalism: traveling the country, filing a long dispatch from a different place every three weeks for a New Yorker feature called "U.S. Journal." I'm curious how you picked your story topics when the possibilities were pretty much infinite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calvin Trillin | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

...science Core for fear of what “Dinosaurs” would look like on her academic record. The irony of focusing on final academic GPA is that as students overlook their personal interests, they are likely to become more disenchanted with academics in general and less intellectually curious in the process...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: The Vanity in Veritas | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

...test of a collector is to acquire the most treasure for the least money. It was during the Depression that my grandfather became a great collector. He was not born rich, but he had a genius for money, especially for primitive and "odd and curious" currencies. In 1934, the New York Times described his coin collection as one of the largest in the world. "A lot of people call us crazy," he told the paper, "but I think it's a worthwhile hobby. It keeps me broke most of the time." Like any master hunter, he had a scavenger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama, and the Rush For Election Souvenirs | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...With ... It's not just the glasses--Elvis Costello really is that smart. On this Sundance Channel Q&A series, the singer, showman and wit talks pop-music history with Elton John, jazz with Bill Clinton and more. Interspersed with cover songs, Spectacle is an engaging showcase for a curious mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short List | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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