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...mention a scramble for the postage stamp). As it happens, there are lots of aliens visiting onscreen this summer: the godlike creatures of Cocoon, who put youthful zip back into the geriatric set; the vampires of Life-force; and the adorable, if grotesque, brats of Explorers, who steal Dad's jalopy, zoom around the galaxy and help three young earthlings build their own backyard spaceship. And of course everybody's favorite extraterrestrial has come back in a re-release of 1982's zillion-dollar grosser, E. T. We can sympathize with your nervousness, however. Since receiving your letter, we have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Close Encounters, but Unkind | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was 7. His food-loving family had two kitchens (kosher households keep meat and dairy separate), and he quickly learned which oven was best for baking his brownies. Lieberman sharpened his kitchen skills during a year abroad before college, apprenticing with a cook in Italy and studying local specialties in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing legendary dinner parties, singlehandedly roasting, frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends and even matchmaking between courses. On a lark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Kid in the Kitchen | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

...Yeah, right,” Herrmann recalls thinking. “My dad and I just laughed at it. I was sure I was going to play football in college, even though I wanted to play baseball. Going to Harvard [for baseball] came out of nowhere...

Author: By William B. Hauser, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BASEBALL 2005: The Winning Pitch | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

She’s no M.I.A. but at least she’s trying. No terrorist dad means no success all up on the blogosphere! Amerie is still better because she’s doing her own thing...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'One Thing' is Missing | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

Although she’s only a freshman, Rachel has already begun to worry about crafting a perfect Harvard application. With three older siblings who went here, parents who are house masters, a dad who’s a professor, and a bedroom right over the Dunster dining hall, it would be hard to avoid getting stressed out by the college admissions process. For her, the pressure started in first grade, when her sister applied. Living in Dunster doesn’t always make having stellar grades and extracurriculars easy, she says, since “being at Dunster...

Author: By Jennifer P. Jordan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Porter's Kid Hopes For More Harvard | 4/7/2005 | See Source »

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