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Picking a favorite detail is an arbitrary exercise, but I’ll go ahead and choose “The coca leaf is slightly damp / Sproutin’ in the back yard next to Grand Duke tomato plants.” Where other rappers retell the same gangsta story, Ghostface writes...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ghostface Killah | 4/6/2006 | See Source »

...Battle of the Binge I love the English. It's sad that your article did not probe more deeply into why the English binge drink more than the French and the Italians [Dec. 19]. It may be a combination of circumstances both natural and man-made: the dismally damp weather of Britain, the lackluster cuisine and the Brits' Victorian heritage. Angelo Forlenza San Jose, California, U.S. You noted that the British government has extended the hours that pubs and bars can stay open. I am an American living in Britain. London is far more social than most U.S. cities, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Photos of 2005 | 1/12/2006 | See Source »

...love the English. It's sad that you did not probe more deeply into why the English binge drink more than the French and the Italians [Dec. 19]. It may be a combination of circumstances: the dismally damp weather of Britain, the lackluster cuisine and the Brits' Victorian heritage. ANGELO FORLENZA San Jose, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 16, 2006 | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

Then I saw the hostess. She was hunched over on the linoleum with a paper towel in both hands, scrubbing with determination at a spot on the floor. I walked over to her, my palms a bit damp with sweat. A lot was riding on this encounter...

Author: By William B. Higgins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Tao of Dry | 12/7/2005 | See Source »

...March, the government sentenced him to three years of forced labor for "resisting the authorities and obstructing traffic" during a protest in October 2003. So now Statkevich rises to the dawn sound of reveille, submits to a body search and roll call, then walks for an hour to a damp, cold shop where he repairs radios. This is the only work authorities will allow Statkevich, who holds a Ph.D. in technical sciences, to do. At 6 p.m. he walks back to prison for the night. None of that has cowed Statkevich. He meets a Time correspondent during his lunch break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Tyranny Rules | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

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