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...playing a bad guy playing a good guy. (He had a similar role, of the charming swine, in The Talented Mr. Ripley.) What's true about Colin's nature is that he's the man on the rise and on the make, with a practiced smile that can impress the cops and please the ladies. When he meets Madolyn, the shrink, he suavely spouts this apercu: "Freud said the Irish were the only people who were impervious to psychoanalysis." (The "impervious" is a lovely touch - it tells you Colin has rehearsed this line in his head - as is the oenophile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faithful Departed | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...question was, of course, Sweden’s Jens Lekman.Wearing a silly fedora and telling the stories-behind-the-songs in order to make everyone feel welcome (a particular favorite was a tale about being roped into pretending to be the boyfriend of a lesbian in order to impress her parents), Jens and his band of Swedish beauties rollicked through plenty of delightful little ditties before leaving all too soon.There was a rumor that he played some songs on an acoustic guitar in a park somewhere in the city, later on. What a sweetheart.Some other bands also played.Word was that...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blood, Sweat, and Hipsters in Chi-Town | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

Above all else, stop trying so hard to impress people. You can stop wearing your “Varsity Mathlete” jacket from high school, and there is no need to talk about how “chill” those four years were while doing curls in the MAC. Academically, you won’t impress your professors or peers by asking an inordinate number of questions. I saw this little exchange between a professor and a freshman the other...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: You’re Embarrassing Yourself | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...blue? How does time work? Are there invisible worlds?Are you dying to impress kindergarteners? Then Science A is for you!Even if you don’t know MC-squared from MC Hammer, logging a semester in the Science Center is inevitable. But if you choose your science dose carefully, you will learn answers to those most basic and burning questions about the universe—and get a decent grade, even if you are a science-phobe.You will have to do a modicum of work—otherwise, you’ll find yourself melting down faster than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Science A | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...host, easily dispelling the Huskies by a 4-0 tally.Harvard thoroughly outshot Northeastern (2-3), 18-5, and dominated play with its offensive prowess throughout the match. The stats were spread across the squad, as three players registered a goal and six got off shots.Freshman Andre Akpan continued to impress, registering two assists, while sophomore Micheal Fucito put two balls into the back of the Huskies net for the Crimson—one on a flick shot that was deflected and another on a header off a long cross.First year players Kwaku Nyamekye and Desmond Mitchell also added a goal...

Author: By Abigail M. Baird and Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Chemistry 101 | 9/10/2006 | See Source »

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