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...mainstream values, but he is a family man of sorts: he told NME magazine that he snorted the ashes of his dead father. Quoth Richards: "I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow." Trying to rehab Richards' rep, a spokesman later called it a joke. SCORE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 16, 2007 | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...dark side’ recently,” sophomore Chris Clayton said, referring to the sulky, self-critical Kumar who sometimes surfaced in the first matches of this season. “And that’s where the team needs him to be. I joke with him, ‘no dark side, man, no dark side...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kumar Overcomes ‘Dark Side’ in Win | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...letter of W. S. Gilbert’s libretto is sometimes confusing (there’s a joke about St. James’ Hall, for example, that was totally lost on me), the spirit comes through loud and clear. That spirit is usually hilarious...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: ‘Utopia’ Is a Near-Perfect Production | 4/9/2007 | See Source »

...just to hear how much fun Munson has pronouncing his name.) Strutting around in uniform with a charismatic squint and a terrifically nasal speaking voice, Klyce’s strong, clear tenor plays second fiddle only to his great comic timing. There’s a joke involving the hilt of his sword and an erection that is much funnier than it has any business being, and that’s entirely to Klyce’s credit...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: ‘Utopia’ Is a Near-Perfect Production | 4/9/2007 | See Source »

...later years, Einstein would tell an old joke about an agnostic uncle who was the only member of his family who went to synagogue. When asked why he did so, the uncle would respond, "Ah, but you never know." Einstein's parents, on the other hand, were "entirely irreligious." They did not keep kosher or attend synagogue, and his father Hermann referred to Jewish rituals as "ancient superstitions," according to a relative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Einstein & Faith | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

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