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...unlikely I'll ever again get to feed chocolate to a succession of blindfolded women. On the other hand, chocolate is sometimes best enjoyed without sharing. After all, the confectioner with the highest score was none other than Cadbury. Let that be a lesson to whichever firm does nab one of Britain's great icons: don't mess with a favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Should Buy Cadbury? The TIME Taste Test | 12/6/2009 | See Source »

...terror hideouts resulted in the killing of Noordin Top, the Malaysian militant who is believed to have orchestrated the bombings. But questions remain about how Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorist managed to crisscross Indonesia with ease for years - and whether the authorities did enough to try to nab him. (Read "Facing the Enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's President Promises Huge Annual Growth | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...prior years, these anonymous DHAs lovers—the aspiring athlete, the sweatpants junkie, the almost-girlfriend—have had to resort to mischief to nab their own pair. There are tales of DHAs disappearing from the laundry rooms, exes who refuse to part with this prized possession post break-up, and the simple borrowed-from-a-friend-and-never-given-back...

Author: By Rachel T. Lipson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DHA’s Sweats, No Sweat Required | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...lucky enough to nab a ticket and breeze by the large crowd of poor souls waiting outside, hoping for the slight possibility of available seats. Inside, the lecture hall was abuzz with devoted fans. FM even got to hear a marriage proposal, shouted from the depths of the audience to Sonja Sohn...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: When it Comes Down to “The Wire,” Community Service Still Comes First | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...lucky enough to actually get them—have fallen off several levels in probability; many of America’s brightest minds are now holed up in grad programs, grading intro-level Expository Writing papers and picking away at theses on Milton in the hopes that tenure will nab them those same assignments...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bright Lights, Big Pity | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

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