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...students think the [council] is just a monkey with a blockbuster card,” Terry said. “But with Allston and the curricular review, this is not a joke anymore...

Author: By Evan M. Vittor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Vote or Die’ Aids UC Candidates | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

...same might be said of Huckabees. Beneath a veneer of pseudo-intellectualism, the movie is, at heart, a joke. The plot seems to unfold in a parallel universe, a world where every citizen is required to take a college survey course in philosophy and then spend the rest of their lives discussing it. Mark Wahlberg, as a nihilist firefighter, is introduced having a fight with his girlfriend; instead of bickering over who did or didn’t do the dishes, he is trying to convince her that life is meaningless...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Who Hearts David O. Russell? | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

...waste of my time. I know all the keystroke shortcuts, anyway, and to take my hands off the keyboard and my eyes off the screen would be unthinkable. Those valuable seconds could make the difference between a winning and a losing transaction. You think that’s a joke? This is a place for the big boys. The floor is for adults. This is Wall Street. This is what...

Author: By Phillip W. Sherrill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Working for the Man | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

Those SUVs are no joke. In the U.S., where 70% of oil is used for transportation, any energy policy is necessarily also an automobile policy. The single key insight of Lovins' report is to focus on the need to reduce the weight of cars (without sacrificing safety) by using advanced materials like carbon fiber and composites instead of heavy steel. When powered by hybrid technologies that combine electricity with the internal-combustion engine, such light vehicles will produce enormous oil savings. Lovins proposes a nifty scheme of "feebates," which would reduce the consumer price of such energy-efficient cars while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GLOBAL AGENDA: Kicking the Big-Car Habit | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

Would you ever want to be a U.S. citizen? Not right now. Because of the terrorism thing, it's safer to be a Chinese citizen. [Translator: That's a joke, by the way.] I still feel very Chinese. This is my country. Besides, basketball is an international language...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A YAO MING | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

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