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A foreign visitor might find it strange to discover a rock subculture in the Middle East, but Scrambled Eggs vocalist Haber, a former Catholic schoolboy, sees a similarity between the U.S. in rock's golden age during the 1950s and '60s and the Middle East today--sexually repressed conservative societies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Beirut | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

That's the philosophy behind Sidwell's new middle school, where science teachers like Jennifer Mitchell have incorporated lessons on solar panels, double-glazed windows and other green features into their curriculums. When students discover that the wood beneath their feet comes from recycled wine casks or that carbon dioxide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Little Green Schoolhouse | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

Yale Galanter was livid when he flew into Las Vegas to meet with his client O.J. Simpson. He had arrived to discover that a local lawyer was claiming to represent the former pro-football player, arrested by police after an alleged break-in at a hotel to recover memorabilia. In...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Defends O.J. Simpson | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

In the 1973 Woody Allen classic Sleeper, Allen's character, a health food store owner, awakes in the future to discover that everything considered bad for you - namely smoking and eating deep-fried foods - was actually beneficial to your health. What with all our present-day scientific "revelations" about what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watch Television, Lose Weight? | 9/19/2007 | See Source »

As freshmen will soon discover, few types on the Harvard campus arouse such universal ire as “that kid” in your humanities section. He crowds out other discussion with big, overreaching generalizations. He challenges the TF whenever possible. His vocabulary is expansive, but he is given...

Author: By Charlie E. Riggs | Title: Be That Kid | 9/19/2007 | See Source »

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