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Talk about your Rasterbation obsession in the dining hall and you may get a couple of funny looks (or maybe not). Although it sounds a bit illicit, rasterbating isn’t at all. It’s actually a funky way to spice up dorm rooms that have outgrown the Newbury Comics poster selection. The Rasterbator uploads jpeg files from your computer and magically changes them to Roy Lichtentstein-esque pictures composed of millions of dots...

Author: By Aviva J. Gilbert, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rasterbate More | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

...family life that she has never tasted alcohol, danced, or (we are expected to believe), learned the very first thing about sex. This is because, according to Wolfe, her mother abhorred the subject and—as we all know—parents are where all teenagers learn about illicit subjects...

Author: By Joe L. Dimento, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Book Review: I Am Charlotte Simmons | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

...whole, the government has turned a benevolent eye toward illicit finance. Cracking down would be "like taking seed grain away from farmers," says Beijing University's Shen. Gray-market lending is even providing inspiration for a new generation of would-be private bankers. A group of scholars at Zhejiang's Communist Party School, a training ground for cadres, are proposing to "establish legal private banks" along the lines of underground institutions, according to one of the professors who helped draft the proposal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Shadow Banks | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

...least Jakes’s story managed to tackle a lot of important issues in the 96-minute film. It touches on issues arising from rape, child abuse, child molesting, domestic violence, adultery, alcoholism, denial, various forms of illicit substance abuse, prostitution, and of course, murder. And for the sake of providing some hope, there are five or six extensive sermons by the bishop himself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Reviews | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

Sewer overflows during rain and illicit dumping of raw sewage directly into the river contribute to bacterial pollution, Webster said...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pollution Threatens Charles | 10/19/2004 | See Source »

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