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...bloggers use to evade the authorities and managed to have his blog reappear on the Internet almost immediately by using proxy servers and mirror sites outside China. But Zhou's luck ran out when he traveled to Shenyang to interview victims of a pyramid scheme involving a supposed aphrodisiac powder made from crushed ants. Victims handed over cash and were told they would get a guaranteed 30% annual return if they kept supplying the ants. Eventually, the scheme collapsed and hundreds of defrauded investors demonstrated repeatedly outside local government headquarters. After talking with some of the duped investors, Zhou...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spinning a Web | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

...likely consequences. But if it was that kind of sex that's the whole reason you took up having sex in the first place--the out-of-breath, out-of-body, can-you-believe-this-is-actually-happening kind of sex--the rational you had probably taken a powder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Romance: Why We Love | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...likely consequences. But if it was that kind of sex that's the whole reason you took up having sex in the first place-the out-of-breath, out-of-body, can-you-believe-this-is-actually-happening kind of sex-the rational you had probably taken a powder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Love | 1/16/2008 | See Source »

...Skate Banana (around $600; www.lib-tech.com) seems rough around the edges - but that's the point. Lib-Tech, a U.S.-based design company, last year introduced what it calls "magnetraction technology" - edges that are serrated like a bread knife - and has combined it with a body curved to slide over powder and crud. The result is a snowboard that grips when you need it to and otherwise slips over everything like, yes, a banana peel. A stiffened tip and tail increase stability off big landings in the terrain park, which is where the board's garish yellow color and unorthodox design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peak Performance | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...judges ought to have the freedom to hand down just sentences, even if they contradict federal sentencing guidelines. One of the court’s decisions focused on the disparities between jail sentences given to users of crack cocaine and those doled out to users of the drug in powder form. Following the court’s lead, the U.S. Sentencing Commission changed its sentencing guidelines to close the gap between the punishments given to users of each drug. We applaud these two decisions, as they not only empower judges to ensure that penalties are appropriately suited to the particular...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Closing the Punishment Gap | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

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