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Once Evans graduated from the academy and joined the force 25 years ago, he rose through the ranks quickly with intense studying. For six months before each promotion, he would pore over books day and night, neglecting his family to prepare for the exam. The exam score alone determines who gets the spot...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Captain Confronts Drinking | 5/6/2005 | See Source »

...result, I have become the environmental movement's dream convert. I pore over news reports of the latest oil-company atrocity; I hector my family about their oversize vehicles; I buy only organic milk and eggs laid by vegetarian, cage-free, anxiety-free chickens; and I'm an easy mark for any ecoactivist in search of a signature on his petition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earth Mothers on Patrol | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

...Anders Fogh Rasmussen once called the "the coolest in N?rrebro." Politicians aren't normally arbiters of hip, but with the Laundromat Caf?, tel: (45) 3535 2672, Rasmussen might be right. In a colorful setting of red lamps, red booths and coffee-colored walls, you can wash your clothes or pore over any of 4,000 secondhand books on sale. Icelandic owner Fridrik Weisshappel J?nsson says people have warmed to the concept "because modern-city living places importance on saving time, and here they can have lunch and do a daily chore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coffee, Tea or Laundry? | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

...once called the "the coolest in Nørrebro." Politicians aren't normally arbiters of hip, but with the Laundromat Café, tel: (45) 3535 2672, Rasmussen might be right. In a colorful setting of red lamps, red booths and coffee-colored walls, you can wash your clothes or pore over any of 4,000 secondhand books on sale. Icelandic owner Fridrik Weisshappel Jônsson says people have warmed to the concept "because modern-city living places importance on saving time, and here they can have lunch and do a daily chore." Just over Dronning Louises Bro (bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coffee, Tea or Laundry? | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

...executive committee of the review, headed by Martin, is currently forming new committees to pore over each idea separately. Formal decisions about the final structure of the changes will be made in March...

Author: By May Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS Tackles Curricular Review | 12/20/2004 | See Source »

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