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Some of his points ring depressingly true. Douthat cleverly turns sex and academia into a cold calculus: attempts to glean maximum success from minimal effort...
...idea of rejuvenation was always considered just a quack idea,” he said. “But we’re getting closer to being able to legitimately use the word rejuvenation. We don’t know what the maximum lifespan will be, but I’m betting that we’re not there...
...undergraduate social scene before leaving the Extension School—was also charged with eight new counts of larceny in her hearing yesterday. The new charges include seven new counts of larceny over $250—in addition to the original five—each of which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years...
...subjects for fiction go, 9/11 is pretty much in the maximum-degree-of-difficulty category. "I was very hesitant," Foer remembers. "I felt like I wasn't sure how much it was my story to tell." But he thought somebody needed to write about the attacks in a way that was depoliticized, stripped of ideology, of everything but pure tragedy. "So much of the reason I wrote the book was because I was tired of the tellings of [the Twin Tower bombings] having messages, having points. What I wanted was exactly to make something that didn't have a point...
This competition determined the number of fencers moving on to the NCAA Championships in Houston March 17-20. Selections for the NCAA Championship are based on both the regional seeding (40 percent) and the regional finish (60 percent). A maximum number of 12 fencers (six men and six women, and two in each weapon) from any one school can qualify...