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...exchange of verbal snarkiness. I pass by her wheelchair now, and what comes out is our particular brand of peacekeeping diplomacy: “Don’t eat too much; you’re gaining weight,” she eyes my waist hawkishly and gleefully pinches my muffin top. “What are you walking around so fast for, eh? Training for a marathon...

Author: By Grace Tiao | Title: Lost in Translation | 10/3/2006 | See Source »

...Upperclassmen will obviously still be partying, as they understand that “required reading” is always only “suggested reading.” Yet you freshmen, with your over-achieving habits still intact, will find yourself nibbling on a pre-wrapped muffin and sucking down coffee at 4 a.m. at a café in Lamont Library, while you bemoan the fact that Harvard actually requires (some) mental exertion and print out a transfer app to Yale. Finally, some of you may have already begun to think about classes. Likely, you’ll want some...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Waiting to Exhale | 9/15/2006 | See Source »

...company was making a million pounds annually as a low-friction coating for bearings and gears. In 1960 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it for use in cookware. Today some 60% of all pots and pans in American kitchens are nonstick--to say nothing of muffin pans, cookie sheets, cake pans, deep fryers and waffle irons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Teflon Risky? | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...independence-and the chatterati spent most of their time ignoring the messages and gossiping about the messengers. The debut of Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, served as the excuse for a typhoon of speculation about whether he was running for President in 2008. Senator Clinton's sturdy bran muffin of a speech about the environment-it read like a term paper but was filled with smart detail and inconvenient truthfulness-was almost totally ignored because the New York Times decided to print a front-page story revealing the shocking fact that she and Bill were...still married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama Isn't Not Running for President | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

Heather, a starling-eyed cashier at my favorite coffee shop, advised a radical change in muffin choice. “Live dangerously,” she said while swiping the Visa. Little did she know I was already in danger. At 6 p.m., I had yet to begin a research paper that was due the following morning...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Under Pressure | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

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