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...proposed the development of a Web site akin to Craigslist for Harvard students. Hysen said that the pair had originally considered building their own site, but after learning about Konda and Hsieh’s creation, the UC leaders decided they did not want to “mis-replicate something that was already being done well...

Author: By Janie M. Tankard, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Develop Harvard Craigslist | 1/17/2010 | See Source »

...Westerners in that country. As a result, informants, none of whom can be completely trusted, either have to be met by agents accompanied by security personnel or brought onto a base, behind the wire. (And both those scenarios raise the informant's risk of exposure.) (See pictures of "The (Mis)Adventures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khost CIA Bombing: Assessing the Damage in Afghanistan | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

...year means a chance to leave some of the tired words and phrases of 2009 in the past. At least that's the theory of the wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University, who released their 35th annual (deep breath) List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Say No More: The Banned Words of 2010 | 1/2/2010 | See Source »

...pictures: "The (Mis)adventures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIA Chief Panetta Winning Over Doubters at the Agency | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...concert album. Nearly four hours long and containing a staggering 39 songs, the piece was staged in Stockholm in 1997 and ran for nearly four years. The three-disc CD topped the local charts but was never issued abroad. Herbert Kretzmer, who had anglicized the French musical Les Misérables, worked with Andersson and Ulvaeus on an English translation, yet despite the seismic success of Mamma Mia!, the new show never left Sweden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kristina: A New Musical from the ABBA Guys | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

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