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...viewers watch shows with a strong narrative plot, like 24, Lost, and ad-free HBO dramas such as Big Love and The Sopranos, commercials could dampen the experience. To test this, the researchers showed viewers two different Bollywood musicals. One featured a fast-paced dance sequence in which two male Indian actors pursued the lead female actress (high stimulus, strong plot). The other involved a more languid sequence without a compelling hook (low stimulus, weak plot). When viewers were watching the more dramatic clip, two commercial breaks - one for the Jewelry Factory, the other for the illustrious Michael Brownstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do TV Commercials Make You Happier? | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...snatching up the best and brightest of our Econ professors left and right, and the University's powers-that-be have whittled the department's faculty hires down to one, the loneliest number. Rumor has it that the position for an assistant professor has been offered to a male Economics hot shot who recently gave a talk on campus...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Econ Dept—Still Hiring, Sort of... | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...undergraduate, Roosevelt was exposed to an environment that was predominantly white, male, and Protestant. The record of his courses reveal that he may have had presidential aspirations even as an undergraduate—enrolling in classes that included Constitutional Government, Public Address, and Administration of the Government...

Author: By Bita M. Assad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...your book didn't come off as being that awful. Dubelman: They're not awful! Davilman: They're not! Dubelman: We love men! Davilman: They just weren't right for those women, that's all. I'm really glad the book didn't devolve into male-bashing. It's really about the women and the things they didn't see. Dubelman: Or saw and ignored. Davilman: Or couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes a Bad Boyfriend? | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...tackiness, but they also explored clever political allegory at the height of the Cold War. In luring people back to Somerville year after year, the lineup of films is secondary to the festival’s unique communal experience, a theme that emerges repeatedly in conversations with both male and female audience members. (Contrary to any stereotypes of sci-fi as an exclusively male pursuit, the festival draws at least as many female attendees as male ones.) The festival is a richly interactive experience, with performers and audience competitions (years past have put on costume contests; this year featured...

Author: By Keshava D. Guha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Theatre Hosts Alien Attack | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

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