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...already been wooing her with all forms of the great potato—fries to hash browns to baked—but this soothed the Irish blood running through Dartboard’s veins. [Dartboard will not hurt you if you choose to insert your own crude potato famine joke here.] • Dartboard was severely disturbed after trekking up to the Yard to watch Primal Scream last week. No, it was not the massive amounts of nudity that frightened her—Dartboard’s made of stronger stuff than that. Instead, Dartboard was appalled...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, | Title: DARTBOARD | 1/23/2006 | See Source »

...name five of the most acclaimed nonfiction films of 2005. The Aristocrats is the deconstruction, by dozens of comedians, of the world's most notorious dirty joke. Why We Fight cogently analyzes the U.S. military-industrial complex. The Power of Nightmares provocatively compares the doctrines of al-Qaeda and the American neo-cons. Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man, a study of a wildlife activist's annual trip to commune with the beasts who finally tear him apart, is a kind of Brokebear Mountain, evoking human love and obsession. It shared the New York Film Critics' Circle award for Best Documentary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Penguin vs. Bear: 1-0 | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

...shots have finally started to diversify their own ranks, too, appointing the first black female to the Corporation this December.But diversity’s only half the grade. The other half measures Mass. Hall’s commitment not to tolerate discrimination against students. That commitment became a bad joke this fall.Administrators retreated from their own nondiscrimination code with their tails between their legs. They welcomed military recruiters back into the Law School and into College career fairs, recruiters who shamelessly discriminate against gay, lesbian, bi, and trans students under the military’s “don?...

Author: By Michael Gould-wartofsky, | Title: Mass. Hall Gets Its Report Card | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

That is not a joke. Jews are “hip,” at least in the minds of producers at VH1, which has cycled a new show, “So Jewtastic,” in its repetitive holiday schedule. This hour-long ramble features giddy Jewish B-list celebrities expressing relief and excitement about how their brethren—Adam Brody (a.k.a. Seth Cohen) on “The O.C.,” John Stewart on “The Daily Show,” and Howard Stern on his morning radio show—have reached...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine | Title: The Never-Ending Stereotypes | 1/9/2006 | See Source »

...appear before you," Alito said, "I am deeply honored to have been nominated for a position on the Supreme Court. And I am humbled to have been nominated for the seat that is now held by Justice O'Connor." Alito was appearing stiff and cold as predicted. A lame joke about how he got to where he is didn't help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judging the Judge | 1/9/2006 | See Source »

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