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House: Stoughton Concentration: Science/Math/Undecided Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden Ideal Date: Research has concluded that it is me. Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: Singing “Burn It Up” by R. Kelly Where to find you on a Saturday night: Definitely not in my room playing beer pong since I’m not 21... First thing you notice about a guy/girl: Her sense of humor and eagerness for long walks on the beach... Your best pick-up line: Eyyyy... Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: I don?...
Sociologists in the West may debate whether divorce is so harmless, but there's little question that the Chinese no longer feel bound by the death-do-us-part ideal of marriage. Even the government has reconciled itself to the trend, simplifying the process in 2003 from a months-long ordeal to a jaunt to the civil-affairs bureau that can take just 15 minutes. With so many young couples dissolving their unions, a new term has crept into the Chinese lexicon: flash divorces--partnerships that last as long as the average Hollywood romance. "It may be the seven-year...
...Seventeenth Doll. For those familiar with Gurr's plays-from the aids-era's DesireLines through to Crazy Brave, Sex Diary of an Infidel, Jerusalem and his recent Something to Declare, about refugees-his memoir is an opportunity to understand how those plays came about. His creative ideal: Never invent, only reveal. He brings a reader close enough to taste the rumble between what he describes as "the unconscious impulse and the internal editor." "Whenever I've tried to modify the first impulse of a play," he writes, "it has turned into carpentry, an exercise in detached invention. Fiddled with...
...respected attributes. Reason: the greatly increased presence of women in the workplace is inevitably exerting its influence on the alpha-male behavior that once ruled. The number of women in the workforce has more than doubled since 1970, chipping away at the "tough girls get the executive suite" ideal, at least in the attitudes of influential corporate career coaches and advice authors...