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Which took another 15 years. He was part of a comedy troupe at Knott's Berry Farm, studied philosophy at Cal State at Long Beach and played banjo (another of his studious obsessions) with guitarist Mason Williams, who'd had an instrumental pop hit, Classical Gas. Williams helped him get a writing job on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, for which Martin won an Emmy at 23. But what he really wanted to do was stand-up--to have people laugh not at the jokes he wrote for others but at and with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steve Martin, a Mild and Crazy Guy | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...Denver measure was pushed by a single activist: Mason Tvert, who organized SAFER, Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation, on the University of Colorado and Colorado State University campuses, and now runs it from his Denver home. He was funded in part by the Marijuana Policy Project, which received $3 million this year from Peter Lewis, the heir of the Progressive Insurance Companies, who helps fellow billionaire George Soros support liberal causes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mellowing Out on Marijuana | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...worship foreign gods when we have our own Great Leader?” “God is Kim Il Sung. Jesus is Kim Jung Il and the Holy Spirit is the Workers’ Party,” said Kim, who is now a professor at George Mason University. Kim said North Koreans do not realize the extent of their oppression. “There are no words for human rights and freedom in North Korea,” he said at the Center for Government and International Studies. “In fact, no such terminology exists...

Author: By Anna Kim and Hee kwon Seo, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Defector Decries N. Korean ‘Cult’ | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...excellent offensive rebounder, athletic inside scorer, and ferocious shot blocker. Kenyi hails from Gonzaga High School in Washington D.C., where former Harvard forward Kenyon Churchwell played before arriving in Cambridge. According to rivals.com, Kenyi turned down the same three schools as Ben-Eze, as well as Vanderbilt and George Mason, to play for the Crimson. He is rated as the 87th-best shooting guard in his class by ESPN.com and is lauded for his excellent shooting ability. That’s very good news for the Crimson, which ranked next to last in the league last season in three-point...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Amaker Reeling in Star Recruits for '08-'09 | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

Gross and co-author Solon Simmons, a professor at George Mason University, analyzed 1,417 full-time professors’ responses through a detailed survey containing over 100 questions about their social and political beliefs. Responses were gathered from 4-year institutions as well as community colleges...

Author: By Jesse Cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Moderate Professors Dominate Campuses | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

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