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Sinaloa is home to some of Mexico's most powerful crime families. A "narco culture" of bulletproof trucks, lavish clothes and gold-plated guns dominates its streets. In this environment, the girlfriends of gangsters have become a subculture - buchonas - identified by diamond-studded finger bling, fake breasts and expensive dresses by foreign designers. "What a shame that there are ladies who get dazzled by the false shine of that money, who only aspire to be the girlfriends or loved ones of these vulgar thugs," wrote a Sinaloan resident identified as Gonzo on a Web discussion of Zuniga's arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Busted! Taking Down Miss Hispanic America | 12/27/2008 | See Source »

...forget the festive sweater he'll never wear, or the politically incorrect diamond she'll feel guilty owning. Instead, give your honey the world, or at least to a small chunk of it. Now's the time to take advantage of cheap hotel and airline deals for the new year - and plan a present your partner won't soon forget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love Your Partner? Send Him Away! | 12/26/2008 | See Source »

...Occasionally, the film is enlivened by the guest appearances of familiar actors, sometimes cast appropriately (Lou Diamond Phillips as Mario Monje, Catalina Sandina Moreno as Che's second wife), sometimes not (Matt Damon as a priest-negotiator in Bolivia!?). But the major burden falls on its star, who nurtured the project for almost a decade. And Del Toro - whose acting style often starts over the top and soars from there, like a hang-glider leaping from a skyscraper roof, thinking there's nowhere to go but up - is muted, yielding few emotional revelations, seemingly sedated here. Except for one pungent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guerrilla in the Mist: Soderbergh's Che | 12/13/2008 | See Source »

...Square: Spice Favorite Viral Video: Puppy Cam Favorite On-Campus Student Production: Tie: "Sweeney Todd" and "HPT 160: Fable Attraction" What should the third Batman movie be called? 1. The Batman Cometh 2. The Extended Metaphor 3. A Tree Grows in Gotham Why should you be Diamond Magazine's next cover model? 1. Sheer Yardage 2. It would be incredibly exclusive as I have not even seen myself naked 3. Because I have less chest hair. However, as a woman, I can't promise a longer dingus. Who would you most want to see play at YardFest? Girl Talk Redux...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts Poll 2008 | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...algorithm developed by Harvard Business School professor Alvin E. Roth and takes into account student preferences, seminar capacity, and faculty selection based on students’ essays and sometimes interviews. It is also the same algorithm that Roth uses to find pairs of compatible kidney donors and recipients.A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGHWhile the students who were rejected this semester can apply again in the spring, they are not guaranteed a spot and are no likelier to be accepted than those who are applying for the first time.These limits are particularly problematic in light of the consensus on the advantages...

Author: By Bita M. Assad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Program in Progress | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

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