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...criminals who try to follow some kind of code. The Wire offers a bird's-eye critique of society, but it doesn't look down on individuals. Its heroes are flawed, fated people who try even without hope, who teach kids with horrid home lives, who try to kick unshakable addictions, who do the hard labor of investigations even when their bosses punish them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Connecting the Dots | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

...organization plans to kick off with a Valentine’s Day “LoveFest” detailing the science of attraction and a $100 T-shirt contest for the best design using the words, “Science Is Sexy...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Look To Bring ‘Sexy’ Back to Science | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

...right with me. But I do think Walk Hard is a rather more dubious box office proposition than something like Knocked Up. Satire is ever a tough sell to the populist audience, which prefers sentiments of a more uplifting kind, while the crowd that might get a kick out of this film it will likely dismiss it as kid stuff. But call me a cynic, call me a curmudgeon, call me perverse - I loved every moment of Dewey Cox's story. I hope I'm not alone in that feeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walk Hard: Stumbling to Glory | 12/21/2007 | See Source »

Indeed, Chavez's spending spree has given Brazil's long-dormant arms industry a bit of a political kick-start. Says Brazilian Senator Jose Sarney, a regular critic of Venezuela's president: "Hugo Chavez's armed forces have ordered 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 50 attack and transport helicopters, smart bombs, 24 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter planes. There is also talk of them buying nine submarines from Russia for $3 billion. It's very worrying. As Venezuela turns itself into a major military power, it obliges the other nations in South America to increase the power of their own forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A South American Arms Race? | 12/21/2007 | See Source »

...little bit attributed to different styles of play,” Huskies coach Bill Coen said. “We got the ball around the basket, got some offensive rebounds through our athleticism and were able to get fouled there. Their offense was predicated on penetrate-and-kick and high-low stuff. Some of it’s that and we made a conscious effort to get the ball around the basket...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Sharp Shooting Not Enough for Men's Basketball in Fifth Straight Loss | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

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