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...done that before in the past,” Barnett says of the incident.Royce also found ways to work around the restrictions, even if he “wasn’t especially popular with the girls.”Royce says that he hatched the perfect plan while staring at the Indoor Athletic Building—now the Malkin Athletic Center—across from Lowell House.“I thought it would be really cool, and possibly even productive from a sexual standpoint...to have a pool party late at night,” Royce recalls.Royce snuck...

Author: By Madeline W. Lissner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meet Me in My Room...but not past 7 p.m. | 6/3/2006 | See Source »

...conditions or insight into the soldier himself. But a common murderer is treated more thoughtfully - his background, childhood, education and social circumstances are taken into consideration when looking at what punishment should be meted out. "Isn't it a strange turn of events that Marines are expected to be perfect under the stresses and brutality of a guerrilla war, but society says we need to uncover every mitigating circumstance that would possibly explain why street criminals kill?" Whether society is really that lenient towards street criminals seems open to debate. But what is not at issue is that Haditha...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Haditha: What Makes Top Marines Worry | 6/1/2006 | See Source »

...under the bed. And he's just getting started, since nearly everyone in Volver has a dreadful family secret she is keeping from someone else. This was the director's first film in 18 years with Maura, the earthy muse of his early years. Yet they fell instantly into perfect synch. The last line of Volver - "I don't know how I've lived all these years without you" - could be Almodóvar's testimony to his old friend and star. Whether or not he's working at masterpiece altitude, he remains at 56 the wonder boy of international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Highs and Lows | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

...which relies on monster software hits like Office, "is clearly a short-tail development house," says the company's corporate standards director, Jason Matusow. He rejects the idea that the long tail--in this case, open-source software developers--poses a threat. "People say the long tail is the perfect way to look at open-source software and understand how it's going to save the world," Matusow says. "But with 400 million users, we're enabling the long tail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Change Agent: Long Tail's Tribe | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

...Young boys are dropping out of high school, but they've memorized the lyrics of difficult rap songs, and they know how to braid each other's hair ... Never before has life been so perfect for you to take charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advice From the A List | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

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