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...sharp tools laid upon the shelf as though in wait for her. Her hand moved again through the dusty gloom, selected a pitchfork, clutched it to her breast.“Viscountess Fabreigh?”She turned. There, framed in the doorway, one hand entwined about the harsh leather of the reins, dark blond curls breathing with a life of their own in the slight morning breeze, stood The Stable Boy.It was all she could do to whisper: “Yes?”“Viscountess,” said...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...result, though, is a cup of coffee that tastes less like a cup of coffee. My first sip of Pikes Place was simultaneously harsh and weak. (OK, actually, my first sip was dominated by notes of overwhelming pain, because of the universal takeout practice of boiling coffee like the cauldrons of Hell so it arrives at its destination warm.) The lighter roast results in some brighter notes, but it also gives you a less full-bodied coffee - yet one that still tasted a little overboiled. (Maybe I'd caught the pot toward the end of its 30-minute shelf life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starbucks' New Brew: A First Taste | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...it’s a lot more work for us,” Segal says. This year, to help the transition, new club teams were given up to $2000 in funding for the current academic calendar, but in the fall they will all find themselves in the harsh reality of self-preservation. Segal notes that his team is looking into long-term fund-raising projects, such as having the entire team participate in Dorm Crew.More established teams, especially those who do not have varsity counterparts (such as Ultimate Frisbee and Rugby) have more fixed systems of funding, but maintaining financial...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Clubbin’ It | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...Zone. But the star of the panel was Simon himself, the creator and executive producer of “The Wire”.Simon began by speaking about the production and critical issues of the show, including economics, the policies of the drug war, and the harsh realities of urban life in Baltimore. “I began to realize the fraud of the drug war,” Simon said, speaking from his experience as a journalist. “The drug war had become increasingly untenable on many sides as policy and began to appear immoral...

Author: By Alec E Jones, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'The Wire' Conducts Discussion | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

...from disaffected Tibetans to human rights activists would try and take advantage of the approaching Olympics to exercise some leverage for their causes when Beijing seemed most vulnerable. And yet, China's leaders appear to have been completely unprepared to respond to challenges with anything but brute force and harsh words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Olympic Torch Burn China? | 4/6/2008 | See Source »

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