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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ROCKY After a colossal flop (Heaven's Gate), the studio tries to milk old successes, but the bank forecloses not long after Rocky V Low.....?............High...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 13, 2006 | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...first three years of their son's life. Asher's older brother Sam, now 10, has always been pretty healthy. But a couple of months after he was born, Asher started having trouble feeding and was spotting his diapers with blood. The pediatrician decided he had an allergy to milk. Then, at 9 months, he couldn't crawl or sit up. The diagnosis this time was hypotonia, a vague term that basically means "poor muscle tone." With physical therapy, Asher walked at 17 months, but then a month later he caught a cold--and overnight lost half his vocabulary. Nobody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: When Cells Stop Working | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...London Fog is my personal favorite. The idea is simple: Earl Grey tea is combined with steamed milk and a shot of vanilla syrup. The result is a shamelessly over-the-top drink...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HOTSPOT: 1369 Coffehouse | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

Finally, “The land literally flowed with milk and honey.” (More on this later...

Author: By Victoria Ilyinsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Word is Killing Me, Literally | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...only is “literally”one of many misleading terms, but it’s also had multiple meanings for quite a while. The third aforementioned quote–the land literally flowed with milk and honey–comes straight from Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women. And who doesn’t remember Fitzgerald’s description of Jay Gatsby: “He literally glowed?” But neither was the town of Plumfield overrun with food-stuffs nor our favorite social climber actually luminescent. [EDITOR'S NOTE...

Author: By Victoria Ilyinsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Word is Killing Me, Literally | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

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