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...rugged connectedness. Photographers should lean towards the PS3, while music lovers will want to stick with the Xbox 360. For movie buffs, the confusion is greater: while the Blu-ray format is backed by more studios, the new Xbox Marketplace movie and TV store may well become a paragon of convenience. The one thing I do know for sure is that you better be ready to pay. While both are expensive, they come with even pricier hidden costs: to maximize your enjoyment, you need a really nice TV. Then again, if you've already got a really nice...
...meant to entertain. Making light of a serious and disturbing issue is the common thread running through both “Survivor: Cook Islands” and “Survivor: Jim Crow South.” And it is this insensitivity that has led even such a paragon of human rights as Coca-Cola to be somewhat critical of “Survivor: Cook Islands,” choosing to withdraw advertising from the show along with other companies such as Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Campbell Soup, General Motors, and Home Depot.Alas, “Survivor: Cook Islands?...
...didn't really happen organically. Over the past decade, Berkeley has become a paragon of school-lunch reform, thanks to the woman who helped hire Cooper--California cuisine pioneer Alice Waters. "We have to go into the public-school system and educate children when they're very young," says Waters, whose famed Berkeley restaurant, Chez Panisse, features seasonal meals made from local produce. Waters started educating children 10 years ago, creating the Edible Schoolyard at Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. There, kids spend 90 minutes a week planting and harvesting produce and cooking their own healthy food...
...Right now. Imagine walking, alone, with your head down. Imagine crying yourself to sleep each night. Now realize that a technical school is not for you. Further, imagine walking off campus and being mugged. New Haven is not right for you, either. Clutch your red folder tightly, oh genius paragon of mankind. You have earned this day, and this great institution has deigned to accept your presence. May we not find you in a gutter tomorrow, intoxicated or impregnated, but rather well rested, alive, and convinced that Harvard has chosen wisely...
...more famously, perhaps, you’re familiar with junior Jarred Brown, the paragon of Harvard fandom for the past three years. Since his freshman year, the men’s hockey enthusiast has been a fixture at Bright and other venues, noticeably attending games while sporting a shirt with...