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...writer ask for? All eyes are now on the dodgy Kremlin. Beyond a doubt, there are numerous criticisms to be made of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. But, considering this murder’s context, doesn’t it sound like too linear a plot, a too obvious conspiracy theory...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: A Plot Too Linear | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...study by Harvard researchers warns carnivores of the obvious and not-so-obvious pitfalls of their diet. Frequent bacon consumption may increase the risk of bladder cancer—and so could the skinless chicken served in dining halls. Men and women who eat bacon five times a week or more have a 59-percent-higher likelihood of developing bladder cancer than those who never eat bacon. Consuming, with similar regularity, chicken cooked with the skin taken off makes one 52 percent more likely to develop the disease, according to the study, published in this month’s issue...

Author: By Jessica M. Luna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bacon Tied To Risk of Bladder Cancer | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

There has been a very minor controversy at Harvard this year, and of course, we want in. The question is: who gives the best tours of Harvard’s campus? The drug-addled Crimson Key Society or the total weirdos of Hahvahd Tours? Obviously, the answer is us. Though we’ve only given one tour before—to our foster parents on junior foster parents weekend—our competitors’ shortcomings are so obvious that we can’t help but intervene. These idiots think that just because they’re taking...

Author: By Peter J. Martinez and D. A. Wallach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Bell Lap 2: Tomorrow’s Campus Tour, Today! | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

...when Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, instead of backing his party colleague, thought it opportune to propose "tranquility police" - same thing, different name. Defense Minister Mich?le Alliot-Marie, another Chiraquien, suggested at a UMP conference last week that "we shouldn't treat all youth like they're delinquents." An obvious enough truth, but a claque booed and whistled, seeing it as a hit on Sarkozy's tough law-and-order line from a woman who's signaled she's ready to go up against him for the nomination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Sulky Chirac Sabotage His Party? | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

...contrast, James Blunt's pop ballad You're Beautiful has fewer than 200 words, half of which are beautiful.) Now multiply What More Can I Say's 800 words by 12 to make an album, then multiply again by the number of albums in a catalog, and it's obvious why most rappers peak early: they literally run out of things to talk about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Un-Retirement of Jay-Z | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

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