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Thank you for suggesting possible titles to continue the Harry Potter series [May 21]. They just confirmed my opinion that author J.K. Rowling is right to pull the plug after releasing this summer's book. Your selection of subjects--Paris Hilton, steroids, American Idol--demonstrate that the bogeymen here in the adult Muggle world are a lot more frightening, if not evil, than He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named could ever dream of being, and they would only ruin the magic, if you will, of future Harry Potter books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Jun. 18, 2007 | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...hugely influential geneticist, and I applaud his inclusion in the list. But what on earth was running through your collective minds to lend false legitimacy to the pseudoscientific hack Michael Behe, not only by giving him responsibility for the Dawkins write-up but also by allowing him to plug his own unsupported ideas and latest book? It doesn't exactly do wonders for your perceived level of accuracy of reporting. The scientific community has so much better to offer. I'm disappointed and mildly disgusted. Lynne Batik, Aberdeen, Scotland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/24/2007 | See Source »

...plan is implemented, students who choose to pay for television would plug a small box into a power outlet in their room. An Ethernet cord would then transmit the signal to a computer or another box that connects to a television...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cable TV Could Come to Houses | 5/18/2007 | See Source »

Since the collection division will not receive a budget increase large enough to plug the gap, the library will be forced to reduce collections purchases below the current level...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani and Kevin Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: HLS To Reduce Library Purchases | 5/18/2007 | See Source »

...knew that the INC's armed militia had seized tens of thousands of Saddam regime documents and was slowly doling them out to the U.S. government. Beyond that it was unclear to me what the Pentagon was getting for its money. Somehow the president's direction to pull the plug on the arrangement continued to be ignored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Excerpt: Tenet Strikes Back | 4/29/2007 | See Source »

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