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One of Thomas’s daughter was a freshman in June 2001 when Massachusetts Hall was taken over by the Progressive Student Labor Movement—better known as PSLM. "It seemed like the old days for a moment," Thomas says, "but it quickly became clear that the students...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Down Definitely Not Out | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

Talk about defensive: this was the first time I had ever seen Obama less than perfectly comfortable. And his discomfort exposed the elaborate intellectual balancing mechanism that he applies to every statement and gesture, to every public moment of his life. "He's working a very dangerous high-wire act...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fresh Face | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

Moss's book-the third volume in an autobiographical trilogy that began with Bye Bye Blackbird and Distant Archipelagos-is more than just a civil servant's confessional, however. The story begins with his arrival in Hong Kong in 1965 as a senior information officer in Government Information Services (the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Civil Savant | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

Well, now he's had one for the 40-plus years of his Python fame. Idle remains the most boyish of the group, with a sense of humor unabashedly adolescent, both pleasing and easy to please. His love of verbal play is so intense it seems like a bright boy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pythonostalgia! | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

All this, and the expert work of Tim Curry, David Hyde Pierce, Hank Azaria and Ramirez, well and truly earned Spamalot last year's prize for Best Musical. And it may well sweep the Olivier Awards next spring. Which is fine by me, since I'm as fond of saucy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pythonostalgia! | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

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