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Almost no one fits into only one niche at Harvard; there are physicists in finals clubs, bookworms on sports teams, and future politicians sprinkled across the academic spectrum. These odd combinations fly in the face of expectation and significantly enrich and interlink the different strands of life on campus...

Author: By JONATHAN B. STEINMAN, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Geek-Chic | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...Some people do have an interest in the macabre," Preservation and Facilities Manager Natalie M. Wampler said. "But I think more come for the horticulture and the history. Most people don’t come to do odd things...

Author: By STEPHANIE R. MCCARTNEY, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Neverending Task | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...that he or she can channel it convincingly. Palin's singular rhetorical style is a boon on that score. "The fun part is when you get to the point that they don't even notice it wasn't something they actually said," says Jenkins. "Sarah Palin, in her own odd vernacular, is incredibly sort of quotable and eloquent, in her own Palinesque...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Did Sarah Palin Write Her Memoir So Fast? | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...spawn of Shaun of the Dead helped Hollywood rebound from a lethargic frame a week ago; the industry's total take was nearly as burly as the same weekend last year, when the multiplex was ruled by Beverly Hills Chihuahua, another comedy about the invasion of Los Angeles by odd-looking creatures. (Read TIME's review of Zombieland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Zombie-ootiful! | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

Last spring, Manon Slome was walking down a street in New York City when she noticed something odd. "Store after store was closed," she said. "When stores are empty, it's like, What's going on? It was a feeling of siege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 'Vacancy' Blight: Finding New Uses for Empty Stores | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

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