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...confidence that proves Michael Cera does not have a copyright on bright, inward, fretful, sexually underemployed young men, Columbus locks himself in his room, safe from all contact, human and other. So the sudden, desperate door-banging of the hot chick from the next apartment (Amber Heard) is the knock of both opportunity and apocalypse. She's been attacked by a ravaging zombie and needs the shelter of Columbus' arms. "Set aside the feverish homeless cannibal," he muses in a voice-over, "I'm living in a dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zombieland: The Year's Coolest Creature Feature | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...sophomore defender Lindsey Kowal, a member of the United States Under-23 Women’s National Team, dove to the ball just in time to knock it away...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Overcomes Crusaders in Shutout | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...area dates back more than a century, to the era of major moonshine stills." And for nearly the past three decades, he says, "federal and state authorities have targeted pot growers in Clay and adjoining counties." It is currently marijuana-harvesting season, probably a particularly bad time to randomly knock on doors in Clay County...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government Distrust and a Dead Census Taker | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...opportunity for the Crimson to even up play came in the second half with 18 minutes left. Freshman Alexandra Conigliaro shot a pass to team-goal leader Katherine Sheeleigh, who booted it toward the net, and Reilly’s fingertips which managed to knock the ball...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defensive Battle Against Terriers Results in Another Defeat for Harvard | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...switch and everything will change over. But as someone who actually has to throw that switch, I can tell you that there's a bunch more switches behind that one that you don't even see. It's not that simple." Still, for an Administration that fully expected a knock-down, drag-out fight over the student-loan plan, those kinds of problems probably seem pretty easy to solve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Student-Loan Plan: A 'Good' Takeover? | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

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