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Textbook kleptomaniacs will steal an item and immediately throw it away. It is the act, not the object, that satisfies their impulse. "Kleptomaniacs might have started stealing on a dare as kids," says Dr. Jon Grant, a director of the Impulse Control Disorder clinic at the University of Minnesota Medical School, "but it becomes so pleasurable that the addiction takes over their actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Did Winona Ryder Do It? | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...still one of the best places to start. Shop by category: there's gardening, decorating, even "homekeeping" (stylish supplies for laundry and other chores). WILLIAMSSONOMA.COM lures you with attractive cookware, kitchen tools and appliances alongside seasonal recipes. Both sites have a quick-shop feature so you can plug in item numbers from a print catalog to jump to specific products. Price-conscious shoppers should check out OVERSTOCK.COM, a clearance site for excess inventory (bed and bath, appliances, furniture) from brand-name manufacturers. Overstock sells lamps too, but you will find many more options at LIGHTINGUNIVERSE.COM, which organizes its wares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Click Smart | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...last item on the agenda at yesterday’s meeting was a discussion of the role of public service in the undergraduate experience at Harvard...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Discusses Curricular Review | 11/13/2002 | See Source »

...pasting posters demanding elections?and much has changed. Where the wall then stood, the new "Culture Plaza" is now strung with Christmas-style lights and emblazoned with a dozen glowing signboards. One instructs Chinese citizens to "Warmly Congratulate the Communist Party's 16th Congress." Another displays a news item about President Jiang Zemin seeking "advice" from Chinese who don't belong to the Party. Asked what he thinks of the story, a bystander replies indifferently, "These are decisions made at the top. There's no point having an opinion." The dissident is dismayed by the man's apathy. "This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sleepwalking Through Chinese History | 11/11/2002 | See Source »

...best friend, an inventor named Ty (Jay Chaffin ’06), first appears on stage recounting a religious experience on the toilet. Perlman, who is also a Crimson editor, describes Ty as a “cutting edge QVC media mogul, always inventing another crowd-pleasing novelty item.” His invention du jour is the Oedipus 2000, which allows children with inferiority complexes to kill their fathers—in virtual reality...

Author: By Alexandra W. Soderberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: sex, lies, and donkeys | 11/7/2002 | See Source »

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