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...Conan thought this was hysterically funny,” Reiff said. “He loved to talk about it and reenact it—he’s a great mimic and he noticed things other people didn’t notice...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Conan We Knew | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Knowing that the rubber match was probably going to mimic the pitchers’ duels that dominated the first two games of the series, Harvard was intent to get its bats off to a quick start in the deciding game...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cornell Tops Harvard in Game 3, Reclaims Ivy League Title | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

...which the Joneses mimic the tendencies of a normal American family is the source of both the movie’s clever humor and disturbing power. Even in the privacy of their own home, the relationships between Kate, Steve, Mick, and Jenn are not so far off from recognizable family dynamics. Moore, who doubles as the matriarch and the head of this particular advertising “unit,” skillfully imitates the ambitious career woman who puts her job before emotional intimacy, and constantly pressures her family members to reach their full “potential...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Joneses | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

...intriguing paper published in July in the journal Medical Hypotheses, Gordon Gallup, a professor of biopsychology at the University of Albany, posits another upside to sticking with the breast: a mother's decision not to breast-feed may unwittingly mimic child loss, evolutionarily speaking. Given that bottle-feeding technology did not exist for the last 99.9% of human evolutionary history, Gallup reasons, the likeliest reason a mother of yore would not have breast-fed is the death or loss of the child. He suggests that the consequences for the bottle-feeding modern-day mother could include an increased risk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mothers Who Opt for Breast Milk, Not Breast-Feeding | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...They're hoping to mimic London-based Tullow Oil, which discovered some 2 billion bbl. of oil in landlocked Uganda over the past four years. Last month, Texas-based oil company Anadarko Petroleum Corp. announced that it had tapped a giant reservoir of natural gas off the coast of Mozambique. "Anadarko's find went off like a bomb here in Houston," says Robert Bertagne, a Texas-based oil wildcatter. "It was, 'Wow, we are finding large quantities of gas, and that means we have hydrocarbons in the area.' Once you have a discovery, more people are going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is East Africa the Next Frontier for Oil? | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

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