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...milk. Sticks beans up his nose. But the question mark is crucial. The authors answer the question of whether a dinosaur really eats this way by saying no, then showing a sequence of model dino decorum at the table: calm, polite and cheerful. "He never drops anything/ Onto the floor./ And after he's finished,/ He asks for some more." Whichever style young readers are tempted to emulate (you get one guess), they will be entertained by Yolen's neatly rhymed text and Teague's vividly delineated dino species--protoceratops, spinosaurus, quetzalcoatlus and so on, which are all shown again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Children's Books of 2005 | 11/30/2005 | See Source »

...resist defying such a request? The narrative, a standard knight-rescuing-an-imprisoned-princess tale, unravels ridiculously as the overwhelmed Ned is forced to improvise. Tutus are substituted for missing armor, a giant pretzel replaces a dragon, and the hero falls through a hole in a half-drawn floor. Ultimately Ned quits, and a desperate Lendler runs out of the letter e as his book comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Children's Books of 2005 | 11/30/2005 | See Source »

Even after 20 years in business, Domenico Dolce (the shorter, bald one) and Stefano Gabbana (tall and angular) remain incredibly accessible. Although their company boasts wholesale revenues of more than $1 billion and both designers live in splendor in the same central Milan building, Stefano on the sixth floor, Domenico on the fifth?never mind the houses in Roquebrune, France, and in Stromboli and Portofino, Italy?Dolce and Gabbana live what they consider an ?approachable? life. Gabbana, 43, still rides around his native Milan on a Vespa (albeit a leopard-print one). And Dolce, 47, who hails from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living la Vita Dolce & Gabbana | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...offered new units and we hope to finalize those arrangements by tomorrow,” he wrote in an e-mail. The fire travelled quickly through the wood frame building, facilitated by its hollow walls, Gialanis said. He added that the house collapsed when fire crews removed the second floor in an attempt to prevent the walls from caving in. Harvard has not determined the extent of the damage, Wrinn said, and has not decided what it will do with the property. The cold temperature—a frigid 12 degrees—also affected the operation, reported Gialanis...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Banks Street Fire Kills Resident | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...three contests last week, Harvard captain Matt Stehle scored 43 points, pulled down 23 rebounds, dished out seven assists and recorded six blocks and steals.His 18 point second-half outburst against UC Davis helped Harvard pull away for the win, but even when he was struggling from the floor, Stehle’s tough defense and gritty determination allowed the captain to propel the Crimson to three Thanksgiving week victories.Mired in an 0-for-10 slump from the floor on Friday night against Sacred Heart, Stehle watched as the Pioneers, who had trailed the entire game except for a brief...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stehle Sparks Offense in Wins | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

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