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...only person who knows what Bliss is up to is her best friend Pash (Alia Shawkat), who doesn't mind covering some of her shifts at the Oink Joint, either for the sake of the derby or Bliss's budding romance with a hipster boy from a band, Oliver (played by musician Landon Pigg). "It's a great name," Bliss sighs, her usual reserve shattered by Oliver's protruding hip bones and fervent attentions. "Yeah, if you like wayfaring Dickensian orphans," Pash says wryly. Her cynicism sets the tone for how we feel about the romance, and Barrymore's sweetly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whip It: Drew Barrymore, Director and Roller Derby Girl | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...after year, the admissions office waxes poetic about the virtues of a "well-rounded class"—a class whose members have every expertise imaginable, from the International Math Olympian to the internationally ranked pole vaulter. And for the most part, they must have succeeded: everyone has a friend of a friend with an obscure talent honed to perfection...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang | Title: Math 55 Can't Even Put Mariah's Love Back Together Again | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...Health care” is far from the only contentious compound. There’s the Gchat in which your friend excuses herself with “nevermind.” There’s the e-mail from your TF who wants to “follow-up” with you. There’s the hyphenated “e-mail” itself, which looks normal to-day, but almost certainly won’t to-morrow. These combinations and more have vexed editors for quite a while—but the health-care issue...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: The Battle Over “Healthcare” | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...same thing goes with the shower heads. To quote a good friend, I feel as though I am being urinated on by an infant. Actually, that would be better, because the water would actually be warm...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: Wipe That Off Your Face | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...lives for politics." - Hartmut Knüppel, a close friend who has known Westerwelle since they met through a youth wing of the FDP close to 30 years ago (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guido Westerwelle: Angela Merkel's Unlikely Partner | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

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