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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wall posts/ group memberships). Oh, I’m sorry (directed towards TF), it was inappropriate of me to talk about X’s propensity towards (acrobatics/ political Tomfoolery/ amateur photography) in class.” Effectiveness Factor: 5-10 Creepster Factor: A lot, but you sealed your fate long ago. 4) The Crap on Your Face Knife in the Back A non-verbal attack. As the TF speaks, subtly make eye contact and repeatedly touch your nose or teeth, thereby suggesting that the tool sitting across from you has some unpleasant appendage in his nose/teeth. Not only will...

Author: By Aria S.K. Laskin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You WIll Be Crushed: FM's Guide to Throwin' 'Bows in Class | 10/3/2007 | See Source »

...exercises that can help ease the pain. The first step is to accept how much it hurts, regardless of those dismissive observers you might know who tell you to have some perspective, that it's just the end of the season, not the end of the world. Sure, the fate of your sports team is less pressing than, say, your marriage or mortgage, and it may seem ridiculous to tie your self-esteem to the actions of multimillionaire athletes who don't know you one bit, but you have to allow yourself to mourn a little. "It's natural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mental Help for Mets Fans | 10/2/2007 | See Source »

...avalanche-like noise on a recent rainy night proved to be an architectural metaphor for the fate of Nicaragua's erstwhile elite: In a matter of 30 seconds, the front half of a grand colonial adobe mansion collapsed into the street in a pile of muddy rubble, revealing the wobbly structure that holds together the homes and social class of the country's former oligarchy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There Goes the Neighborhood | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...Moravec is not the only denizen of Ceske Budejovice who fears for the fate of the town's favorite tipple if it were snatched up by Anheuser-Busch. Many locals, like Moravec, believe that the U.S. brewing giant wants Budvar only for its trademarks, and might even shut the brewery down. Jan Vesely, the head of the Czech Beer and Malt Association industry group, dismisses such worries, saying "I don't know of any brewery in Central Europe someone would buy to close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Beer for Czech Bud Lovers | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...hostage to Bush's romantic dreams for a "free Iraq." The U.S. lost the war in Iraq. At the heart of the debacle in Iraq has been the repeated failure to deliver a more secure life for Iraqis. It is long past time that we stop simply debating the "fate of Iraq" and start addressing the fate of Iraqis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Access Denied | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

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