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...price of nothing, expensive wines, surprise treats.... But before you stuff some shirts into a carry-on and prepare to brave the skies as Bingham does in the film, be aware that the glories of becoming an American Airlines 10 million miler have been given a little movie-magic lift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up in the Air Fantasies: What Does 10 Million Miles Get You? | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

...Forgive our skepticism, as these aren't snickerdoodles or chocolate-chip cookies but rather protein- and nutrient-packed biscuits that stretch the definition of cookie. The cookie-meal plan has actually been around since 1975, but the quest for the magic diet solution goes back much further. There's a (possibly apocryphal) story that after becoming too fat to ride his horse, William the Conqueror devised an alcohol-only diet in 1087. The monarch didn't grow thinner; instead, he died later that year after falling from his beleaguered steed, leaving his subjects to struggle with finding a coffin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fad Diets | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

Because the Hurricanes won so many national championships, a lot of South Florida sportswriters still celebrate thugball as an oh-so-misunderstood facet of the Magic City's rambunctious charm. Fortunately, the university's current president, Donna Shalala, former President Clinton's health secretary, and the Hurricanes' coach, former UM player Randy Shannon, have set the program and the school in a new and more mature direction. By putting academic stature before gridiron grandeur, Shalala has moved Miami, once known as "Suntan U," into the top 50 of the U.S. News & World Report national university rankings. Shannon, meanwhile, has proved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notre Dame: What Convicts Can Teach Catholics | 12/12/2009 | See Source »

...adults, sometimes we forget that sense of childlike hope,” he said. “I hope to create that with my magic...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pfocus Pocus | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...works as a nighttime guard in Pfoho, students often come to the office to watch him perform.  It was Robb Fitzsimmons ’10, a late-night regular in the dining hall, who decided to put the show together to share Wright’s magic, which he called “pretty amazing stuff,” with the whole Pfoho community...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pfocus Pocus | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

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