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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...What's implicit in that, however, is a sense of defeat, an admission that for the denizens of Azeroth, our normal lives just aren't good enough. This is why most adults who play WoW are ashamed, and, on a scale of morals, rate their hobby only slightly above porn. We ourselves razz those who are ultra-accomplished in WoW, asserting that they are either kids with no responsibilities, or more likely, dudes who can't get laid. This unspoken envy only conceals a potentially darker truth-that we've all come to accept that WoW is fundamentally better than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a 30-Year-Old Gamer | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

...front. Our plan was to sandwich the Transitional Federal Government [T.F.G.] at their base in Baidoa [in southwest Somalia]. But then the Ethiopians crossed the border behind us. We fought them, but there were bad people helping us, gangsters and thugs, there was misinformation, and this caused our defeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Somali Jihadist: We're Not Al-Qaeda | 1/10/2007 | See Source »

...Harvard men’s swimming and diving team rang in the New Year with a bang, decisively defeating Rutgers and Navy on back-to-back days. Despite the fact that it had not competed in over a month, the Crimson showed no signs of rust in easily dispatching its opponents. HARVARD 188, NAVY 112 The Midshipmen came to Blodgett Pool on Saturday with a surprising 11-0 record, including a defeat of 2006 EISL Champion Princeton, but left with their first loss of the season. The Crimson (5-1, 4-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League...

Author: By Julie R.S. Fogarty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Swimming Upends Undefeated Navy | 1/7/2007 | See Source »

...Harvard women’s swimming and diving team suffered its first dual-meet defeat in almost three years, losing 169-129, at No. 22 Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J. on Friday...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Women’s swimming’s unbeaten streak snapped at 25 by Rutgers | 1/7/2007 | See Source »

Kessler’s most recent outing, in the Crimson’s stinging 4-1 defeat at the hands of archrival Dartmouth just prior to the winter recess, 20 days before the Princeton clash, was also on her mind as she took the ice on Friday. Kessler suffered the first loss of her collegiate career against the Big Green, and was decisively outplayed by fellow freshman netminder Carli Clemis...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rusty But Effective Women's Hockey Fells Tigers | 1/7/2007 | See Source »

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