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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...many of whom seem to know each other. A piano is conveniently located in the back—probably to make the room seem inviting.  Really, it functions as a reminder of just how wealthy the Club is (used to be?). Points to whoever is first to pound out a gut-wrenching rendition of "Chopsticks...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble | Title: The First Word on the Faculty Club | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...them appealing on its own) interest me? I don’t think these things are supposed to work like double negatives. Perhaps it’s because I wouldn’t expect many of these updates to come from an otherwise imposing seven-foot-tall, 325-pound world-famous center. Perhaps it’s because his Tweets are genuinely funny; Shaq isn’t afraid to poke fun at himself for his unconventional writing style (he once wrote “Stay tuned—prepare for SHAQ to ‘enlyten?...

Author: By Aditi Banga, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shaqsomania Has Struck | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

...immaculately suited property developer stepping out from a nearby office, even dared to label the protesters "hypocrites" since "half of them don't work." (Even he, though, might have admired the opportunism of others; street hawkers' "antigovernment whistles" - strangely similar to standard ones - could be bought for a pound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The London Protests: Less Violence, More Street Party | 4/1/2009 | See Source »

...months ago, Travis, a 200-pound, 14-year-old male chimp, broke free from his house in Stamford, Conn., and mauled a woman to near-death. Travis’s owner, Sandy Herold, sought to slay Travis with a butcher’s knife; it took several police bullets to kill...

Author: By Lewis A. Bollard | Title: The Chimp Charade | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

...Pound for Pound. The four-star Royal Lancaster hotel, located in London's Hyde Park, has a 100-pound offer Friday through Sunday nights this spring. Snag one of the select 100-pound rooms, and get 100 pounds in credit toward food or drink at either of the Lancaster's two restaurants. Book rooms through April 26. Lancaster Terrace, London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rent This Hotel Room for $1. No Foolin'! | 3/29/2009 | See Source »

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