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...short-term solutions to their problems, they all go to a sex cabaret called Shortbus. (Explanation of the title: back in grammar school the "normal" kids got to ride the regular-length schoolbus, while "the gifted and challenged" rode the short bus.) Among the denizens are a courtly older gent, who bears a passing resemblance to a former bachelor mayor of New York, and the cabaret's host, real-life male diva Justin Bond (aka Kiki of the Broadway duo Kiki & Herb). "It's just like the '60s," he says of the entanglement of bodies in the orgy room, "only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet the F---ers | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

...estimated that over 50% of us will endure a traumatic loss at some point in our lives. When that happens, we all face a similar fork in the road to recovery. Do we dare act normal again, or does doing so deny the event, since nothing is ever the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the School Shootings | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

...About the Timing "When will I get back to normal" is a hard question to answer, even for a good doctor

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Second Opinions Don't Always Add Up | 10/4/2006 | See Source »

...back into work in a mere nine hours. I know I probably won’t pursue i-banking as a long-term career. I might follow the typical path and work for a few years, get an MBA, and land a job where I can lead a semi-normal life. I don’t have much time to ponder my future, because within seconds of my head hitting the pillow, I’m fast asleep, preparing for yet another...

Author: By Shannon E. Flynn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Goldman Sachs Girl | 10/4/2006 | See Source »

...have been ecstatic. After all, Murphy had spent the past 12 years resurrecting a struggling program and turning it into the envy of the rest of the country. Crimson football was what college athletics was supposed to be—in between winning games on Saturdays players were just normal students going to class and contributing to the community. And more than anything, the program was clean. The players stayed out of trouble. Any publicity would surely be positive. By now you know what actually happened. The captain got arrested and then dismissed from the team. The quarterback was suspended...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE COMMISH: Murphy's Law Leads to Model Program | 10/3/2006 | See Source »

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