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“It generates the illusion of control,” he said, noting that since abortion services are not going to stop, the money will no doubt come out of some other part of the budget.

Author: By Rachel A. Stark, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Opt Out Fee for Abortion Urged | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

Again, we can’t deny the addictive nature of “The Hills” or its ilk—after all, they’re still on the air. Indeed, it seems like each day a new one crops up, as endless Bravo advertisements exhort us...

Author: By Claire G. Bulger | Title: This is the Real World? | 5/12/2008 | See Source »

“‘The Wire’ is a world where people are worth less. People are commodities. Capitalism has been the god,” David Simon said on Friday. These qualities sum up his hit HBO show “The Wire,?...

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

It has often been argued that the appeal of watching great athletes compete is that they seem to manage, in their attainment of the ostensibly impossible, to transcend mortality. Perhaps the Masters' success in fostering its own glorious illusion of immortality helps to explain the tournament's enduring popularity. One...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Living History | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

Chief Game Warden Antony Ramnarine says that although there have been about 25 poaching arrests so far this year, the bird population is not, in fact, threatened. The ibis are migratory by nature and move around the swamp, which is on Trinidad's west coast, in response to disturbances, so...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Menu: A National Treasure | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

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