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...will not break 20 degrees, it’s easy to pile on layers of sweatshirts and jackets before you head out the door. Yet when the forecast is more optimistic, girls take the time to match their summer dresses with appropriate spring jackets. Boys are forced to pick out new shorts and change their shirts, as there are no puffy coats to cover the stains or smell on the t-shirt they have been wearing for the past two days. All of this is an enormously frivolous waste of time...

Author: By Lea J. Hachigian | Title: California Dreaming | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

...Lansing Community College, this new and very targeted money-back guarantee may be a stroke of marketing genius. The school will get to pick from qualified applicants, and may induce some people who never thought of themselves as college material to sign up for classes at Lansing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A College Guarantees Job Offers — or Else a Refund | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

...dimmed much." But Republicans know they have to work hard to win over Tea Party members, who have repeatedly expressed their disgust with members of both parties. The goal of educating the public, Varley says, is not merely to help usher electable conservatives into office. "If it was to pick candidates to win, then we'd just be the RNC all over again," she says. "Their track record isn't that good anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the Tea Party Movement Take the Next Step? | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

Freshman Micaela Cyr looked to get things started but her shot was blocked. Seconds later, Baskind swooped in to pick up the ground ball, saving the possession for the Crimson. With the fresh possession, Harvard got the ball to VanderMeulen. The freshman got enough space to get a look at the cage but her shot sailed wide...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lacrosse Travels To Virginia, Loses 14-9 | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...them apart. An Apache crewman says, "Ha, ha, ha - I hit 'em." Another comment: "Look at those dead bastards." When a wounded man is seen crawling for cover, an Apache crew member hopes he reaches for a gun to justify shooting him again. "All you got to do is pick up a weapon," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Combat Video: The Pentagon Springs a WikiLeak | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

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