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...word "babe," normally a term of endearment, or at least of hipster familiarity (the 60s equivalent of "dude"), here takes on the acridity of a four-letter word. By the end of the song, the person to whom its sung not only has no doubt she/he's been dumped but finds her/his ego in tatters. The message is: I won't be your love slave, and nobody else should either. It's a rancor most people have felt after an affair goes sour, but was rarely set to music. Dylan started doing it, and kept doing it. In the liner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bob Dylan at 65 | 5/24/2006 | See Source »

...stressed fiscal discipline and placed increasing emphasis on growing the size of the Faculty. The Oxford-educated scientist is also renowned for his dry wit—which, even after 33 years at Harvard, Knowles still delivers in a refined British accent.Accepting Bok’s appointment in a letter to colleagues on Monday, Knowles began: “In the light of his own generous decision, it was, of course, impossible for me to look President Bok in the eye and say ‘No.’”Knowles first took the Faculty?...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Beloved Brit to Reprise Role as FAS Dean | 5/24/2006 | See Source »

...wrote a suicide letter. It ended: "All. Please forgive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Survivor Talks About His Leap | 5/24/2006 | See Source »

Accepting Bok’s appointment in a letter to colleagues on Monday, Knowles began: “In the light of his own generous decision, it was, of course, impossible for me to look President...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Beloved Brit Is Back in the Spotlight | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

...society that already thinks you?re spoiled and lazy. In a poll this month, 83% of Americans agreed your generation acts even more entitled than the last generation did, ten years ago. Senator Hillary Clinton said your instant gratification culture has led you to think "work is a four-letter word." Even as she apologized to her daughter for saying it, she added another dig-she expressed fear that you aren?t ready to compete in the new globalized world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear Graduates: Hillary Clinton Has Got You All Wrong | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

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