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...cobblestone alley when one hopelessly lost reporter entered the dimly lit security office of Dunster. This investigator is on the trail of the first meeting of the so-called “Crime Club.” She walks down the narrow stairs. She puts her hand on the doorknob. She’s ready for the shady gathering of adrenaline junkies that is sure to await her. The door creaks open...

Author: By Francis E. Cambronero, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Law and Order: Special Harvard Unit | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

Bush: "You're a liberal sissy."Kerry: "You're a right wing nut job."Bush: "You're a pinko commie."Kerry: "You're dumb as a doorknob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JibJab's 2008 In Review | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

...academic potential of its students (although it may be too late for the Class of 2007). Currier’s unfortunate plethora of singles has allowed students to enjoy each other’s company without their blockmates or roommates being the wiser. No rubber bands on the doorknob. No midnight exiles. No morning shaming. Currier had previously been free of all the natural built-in deterrents that make students stop, think, and just say “No, I will not turn my room into a den of immorality.” But now, thanks to the generous purchase...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Narrow Proposition | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...Evan Marriott, the lumberjack look-alike who feigned being heir to a $50 million fortune on Fox? Joe Millionaire? in 2003, wanted the $50,000 offered by producers but says he came off looking ?dumb as a doorknob? after a reporter tracked down a girl from his hometown who didn?t remember him too fondly. ?People thought I was the village idiot,? says Marriott, who has since steered clear of television and is back working on construction projects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reality TV's Bruised Reputations | 1/31/2006 | See Source »

...water—literally 40 times the usual amount—and each passed with flying colors. Zero breakage. Because nothing weighs on you more than a broken condom, FM stole some free weights to test durability. By wrapping the condoms around the weights and hanging them from a doorknob, we discovered that Trojan managed to hold an unreal 13 pounds, while Lifestyle snapped after 8. Durex finished prematurely after 5 pounds. If nothing else, these tests prove that Lifestyles condoms may not be your worst choice. They sure beat placing fate in the hands of Lady Fortuna...

Author: By Theodore B. Bressman and Seth H. Robinson, S | Title: Lifestyles of the Sexually Anxious | 11/16/2005 | See Source »

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