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This country certainly is facing an obesity epidemic, across all ages, but the notion that the solution is the defilement of a popular character’s sole characteristic is pointless and ineffective. Following this same line of thinking, Oscar the Grouch ought to go through a happy streak, one that would hopefully overcome childhood depression, (for that matter Oscar needs to stop living in a trash can; the number of kids following his example there is on the rise...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: A (Cookie) Monstrosity | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...wasn't always so, but as grubby "reporters" evolved into white-collar, credentialed "journalists," it has become a tradition-a pointless one. If a tech writer told you he had no preference between Macs and PCs and chose not to use a computer in the interest of impartiality, you would rightly consider him an idiot. But politics is not consumer journalism, right? Right-it's more important, and transparency in it is more essential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Full Disclosure | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...into pointless and totally narcissistic...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nothing Drops in 'Before It Falls' | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...women. As always, women have more to lose in casual sex than men: they are left with the unwanted pregnancies, the abortions, the possible damage from contraceptives and the risk of cervical cancer associated with having multiple sex partners. To many women, random sex seems more and more a pointless diversion or a trap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Revolution Is Over | 2/18/2008 | See Source »

...part of us all—except Bosley Crowther,” he said, referring to the New York Times critic who denounced “Bonnie and Clyde” as a “cheap piece of bald-faced slapstick comedy” remarkable only for its pointless violence and lack of taste. Penn reacted against critics such as Crowther who, during America’s military engagement in Vietnam, deemed the brutal undertones of his films irrelevant. He also expressed admiration for the young people who tore up their draft cards, resisted the war, and sought peace?...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Director Penn Screens Films at HFA | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

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