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...missed out completely on the right of every growing child: pissing off my parents. So last week, at the still-teenage age of nineteen, I cut out of work a bit early, went to an East Village tattoo parlor, and had a little “work” done...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, | Title: A Piercing Commentary | 8/15/2003 | See Source »

...Taylor: Well, you're not going to want to leave my mother in the funeral parlor. The president of the ECOWAS force - let's say they got here in two weeks, three weeks. I'd say what, there's got to be a few days, not very long. They're not going to meet me at the airport, and say, "Hello guys, bye." No, that's not what I'm talking about. They get here. They meet the government. The defense people, work with them. I'm sure there'll be a little military ceremony. Don't forget there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberia's Taylor: 'I'll Go When the Peacekeepers Come' | 7/12/2003 | See Source »

...after being stroked. Franklin brought his knuckles close to a brass key dangling from the end of the string. A spark leaped through the air, giving him a powerful jolt--and immeasurable pleasure. No longer could anyone doubt that the small electrical charges created in popular 18th century parlor games and the Jovian bolts thundering from the heavens were one and the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Sparks Flew | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

...thousands of tiny villages around the globe, Western Union serves as the main link to the global economy. About 100 miles south of Mexico City, in a valley framed by towering pre-Columbian ruins, sits Coatetelco, population 15,000, which has a beauty parlor but no bank. A few people grow maize, chilies and fruit, but remittances--mostly from agricultural or construction workers in Georgia and the Carolinas--account for a staggering 90% of the villagers' incomes. Patricio, 49, who stopped working in the U.S. three years ago, says sending money to Coatetelco has become more convenient and less expensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking: The Fastest Way To Make Money | 6/23/2003 | See Source »

According to accounts presented in court, Pring-Wilson and Colono engaged in a verbal altercation outside of a Cambridge pizza parlor in the early morning hours of April 12, as Pring-Wilson walked by the car in which Colono was seated with two others...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Year in Crime | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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