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...posts draw more than 1,000 hits a day, Jaworski says, from readers fascinated by the woman who buys antiwrinkle cream for her pet monkey Hubert or by the wife who orders Bust-Sculpt Contouring ointment for her husband, who ingests it as an alternative to Viagra. "Everyone has a whole secret life," Jaworski says. "Maybe it's nice to know you're not the only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retail: Retail Revenge | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...there are many bands just getting on the level where they would play shows, but they don’t know how.” With knowledge pooled, everyone would ideally know how to get booked at campus venues.OPENING THE CAGEOne possible fly in CARAR’s ointment is their supposition that steady venues exist around campus, which is far from assured. While performance opportunities at Pub Nights and house-sponsored coffeehouses ensure that this assumption is not completely unfounded, the Quincy Cage remains the most reliable stage for many Harvard bands. While the Cage’s management...

Author: By Eric L. Fritz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Does Harvard Have an Appetite for Rock and Roll? | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

...America, news of the leak fell to earth with a thud. The story’s only immediate coverage was one article in the supposedly liberal New York Times, which downplayed the scandalous document as nothing more than a fly in the ointment for a foreign political party. Is that all this story amounts...

Author: By Thomas Odell, | Title: Criminal Negligence | 5/16/2005 | See Source »

...Justice Department said it might seek the indictment of the three men for violating American antihijacking laws. The U.S. does not have an extradition treaty with Lebanon, but under international law Lebanon is theoretically obliged to prosecute hijackers or turn them over for extradition. "The only fly in the ointment is catching them," said a White House aide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: Fingering the Hijackers | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...ancient Egyptians believed that artifacts placed in the tomb would ensure a comfortable existence in the afterlife; unlike the tombs of most pharaohs, Tut's was not robbed, so many of these objects survived. Among those on display are Tut's crown, an ebony game board, an alabaster ointment vase, a painted wood figurine of a snake god with wings and a human head (pictured) and a statuette of an Egyptian deity, Ptah, made from gilded wood and faience. The museum is expecting half a million visitors; tickets can be ordered online at www.tutankhamun.ch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tut's Back In Town | 4/15/2004 | See Source »

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