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...group of people who are happy Cash for Clunkers is over: demolition-derby drivers. Participants in these events, in which drivers smash into one another until there's only one engine left running, don't enjoy the sight of old cars going out of commission without making a pit stop at the county fairground. "Obama is an anti-demo-derby guy," says Tory Schutte, head of the Demolition Derby Drivers Association. "He's targeting the cars we've been using...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crash For Clunkers: Demolition Derbies Hard Up for Cars | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...English mother - were Pakistanis, and whose friends went out on weekends looking for brown-skinned people to beat up, spun his anger into art. While other children of immigrants tried to create an identity through cast-iron faith, Kureishi forged his through rebellious fiction. His works were a mosh pit of high and low Western culture, with knowing references to Wittgenstein and Genet, ecstasy raves and gay sex. Suddenly, Asian Britain wasn't just about corner shops, victimhood and longing for Bombay, but anarchy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hanif Kureishi: Rebel With a Medal | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

Felipe’s: 1. Harvard Square’s most popular late-night answer to Mexican cuisine. 2. The Spanish word for “grease pit...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Hookup: 1. A blanket term for a variety of sex acts, often devoid of emotional attachment, usually following a boozed-up grind in a sweat pit of a party. Have fun with these...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...Alexandria building. Above all, they are refreshingly delicious. "The cookie offers great texture - there's integrity to it - and the ice cream is not too sweet," says Cathy Danh, an L.A. foodie and blogger who recently sampled Coolhaus' wares for the first time when the truck made a pit stop in Venice Beach. "I'd absolutely eat there again." Each sandwich retails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cool Way to Make Architecture Pay: Ice Cream! | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

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