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...interesting way to begin,” said Alex P. Raymond ’12 Saturday night. “I kind of wish I was still in [the First-Year Outdoor Program].” But many freshmen in the science center said they were using the impromptu slumber party as a social opportunity. Students sat in small circles playing poker, Jenga, and other games. “A lot of games being played, a lot of friends being made,” said Brooks Lambert-Sluder, program manager of the Peer Advising Fellows Program. “It?...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weekend Outage Strands Students | 9/9/2008 | See Source »

...there was still no deal. One of Seoul's top North Korea watchers, Cheong Seong-chang, Director of Inter-Korean Relations Studies Program at the Sejong Institute, says, "The North Korean military is reacting strongly against the rigorous verification demand." In particular, he adds, it rejects U.S. demands for impromptu inspection and inspection of other sites unmentioned by the North in the allegedly complete nuclear declaration it handed over earlier this summer. There is, moreover, no wiggle room whatsoever on this issue between the North Korean military's high command and Kim Jong Il. Their interests, Cheong says, are completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: N Korea Reneges on Nukes — Again | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

...especially the older women, is given to giggles and girlish body language. You're meant to think everyone making the film had a great time, so you should too. At one point, Streep shouts, "Let's go have fun!" But the bonhomie is oppressive; the high spirits are not impromptu but imposed: Listen, people, you vill haff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take a Chance on Mamma Mia? | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...being given legal advice about the possibility of changing identities. The clinic itself is being guarded to protect their privacy. For now it is perhaps the simple things that may help to sustain them. On Sunday, 12-year-old Alexander, who lived upstairs, celebrated his birthday with an impromptu party and a cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Children of the Cellar | 5/2/2008 | See Source »

...than his opponent, Princeton freshman Alex Faust.When Omodele-Lucien was broken at 3-3 in the first set, he heard a hail of cheering for his opponent, so when he broke right back to equalize the set 4-4 after a protracted string of deuces, he formed his own impromptu cheering section, pumped his fists, and looked coldly at the crowd. After winning the next two games to take the first set, Omodele-Lucien made a gesture to the crowd indicating, “cut the music.” Omodele-Lucien got down a break in the second...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Still Undefeated in Ivy Play | 4/13/2008 | See Source »

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