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Many of the attacks on the administration’s perceived tight-fistedness seem to stem from a misunderstanding of the role of the endowment at Harvard. Epps lamented on the telephone, “There is a certain fetish of the endowment here.” Undergraduate Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05, among others, appears to share Epps’ misconception. After stopping by Thursday’s rally to show support for the labor movement (even though the Director of the Harvard Union of Clerical Workers and Technical Workers dismissed the NLC?...

Author: By Anthony S.A. Freinberg, | Title: Pipe Down and Wise Up | 3/3/2004 | See Source »

...leaders heard that the Howard Johnson hotel in Bridgeton, Mo., had served as the site for Beat Me in St. Louis, the Southern Baptist Convention canceled reservations at the hotel. Last year the Kenner, La., police chief mailed letters to local hotels urging them not to provide accommodations for Fetish in the Fall, a four-day series of parties and educational demonstrations--Dances with Whips, for instance--set for November. Chief Nick Congemi was worried that the gathering's activities would be "borderline illegal"; organizers canceled the event to spare attendees embarrassing public scrutiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Bondage Unbound | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...have a go-easy-on-me mode suitable for little kids or work-weary older people looking to do some butt kicking with a minimum of effort. But Manhunt (for PlayStation 2; $49.99) doesn't have one--just medium and hard. Only in Manhunt, medium and hard are called Fetish and Hardcore. Somewhere in here, you should have figured out that Manhunt, a new game from Rockstar North, the team that created the controversial and wildly popular Grand Theft Auto series, is not for children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Danger In The Dark | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...love travel and have a fetish for lists, then rejoice: Patricia Schultz's new book, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, should keep you happily occupied for the rest of your natural term. It's a work as provocative as it is encyclopedic?after all, how do you decide which destinations make the cut? Not everyone is going to agree with Schultz's choices, and the author is aware of the quagmire she's got herself into. "Why give the Pork Pit in Montego Bay the same weight as Paris' legendary Taillevent?" she asks, referring to two well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Around the World in 80 Years | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...love travel and have a fetish for lists, then rejoice: Patricia Schultz's new book, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die (Workman Publishing; 800 pages), should keep you happily occupied for the rest of your natural term. It's a work as provocative as it is encyclopedic. Not everyone is going to agree with Schultz's choices, and the author is aware of the quagmire she's got herself into. "Why give the Pork Pit in Montego Bay the same weight as Paris' legendary Taillevent?" she asks, referring to two well-known but very different restaurants. The answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Around The World In 80 Years | 11/30/2003 | See Source »

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