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...events that make up what is better known as a tailgate. For Harvard games though, due to a combination of cold weather and student lameness, the only real tailgating activities that occur outside the stadium will be run by crusty alumni and friends. It may be worth trying to mooch some nice booze and grub off of these reminiscing middle-aged men, but your best bet is probably hosting or attending a pregame in someone’s suite on campus. This is especially the case since all but this Friday’s game begin at around noon...

Author: By Ryan D. Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Friday Night Lights | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

...have a non-specific belief in a God or deity. It also asks if you've ever been convicted of a serious crime. That is a deal breaker. The main other thing is they want confirmation that you're self-supporting, that you're not joining the Masons to mooch off the lodge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freemasons: Fact vs. Fiction | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...start paying for my data again, though my frequent conversations with EarthLink tech support make me miss the old days of trying to crack YouHaveSomNerv's password. In an attempt to achieve some kind of karmic balance, I have left my network open to any neighbors who want to mooch off it. Which, believe it or not, is a violation of EarthLink's terms of service. What do you know--I'm still a desperado after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a Wi-Fi Thief | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...fabulous jobs. Every child is pushed with too much homework, and every teenager is spoiled with too many luxuries. Teens have to apply to 12 colleges because they're competing against all the other overachieving youngsters. Once they graduate, you would think all young adults move home to mooch, unwilling to grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barbie to Baby Einstein: Get Over It | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...pushed with too much homework, and every teenager is spoiled with too many luxuries. Teens have to apply to twelve colleges - because they're competing against all the other overachieving youngsters. And once they graduate, you would think every one of these young adults moves back home to mooch for a few years, unwilling to grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby Einstein vs. Barbie | 9/22/2006 | See Source »

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