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...fiction. So it was called nonfiction. Making a ton of money is apparently more important to him than being truthful, but the real tragedy in this case is that most people don't care. Liars and cheaters have been around since the beginning of civilization, but only in the present era have they been so lavishly rewarded for their bad behavior. Mark Stuart Ellison New York City As readers we often find ourselves investing significant amounts of emotional energy in the characters who inhabit our favorite books. We expect an author to ensure that our heroes and villains remain true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skiing's Wild Child | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

...Fountain graphic novel certainly reflects its ambitious origins. It spans 1,000 years, from the Spanish conquests of the New World in the 1500s, through today, and up until 2500 when we are imagined to be flying through the cosmos in very large, clear bubbles. Through the past, present and future appear the same two lovers, Thomas and Isabel, though in different guises and circumstances. The sequences weave in an out of each other like a dream as in each one Thomas searches desperately for a panacea that will save his endangered beloved and allow them to be together forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comix Big and Small | 2/8/2006 | See Source »

...into tears. Later, in the second vignette, Glenn lies next to his sleeping wife and thinks about how much she means to him. In a stunning sequence of pages that combine dark-hued tableaus of a quiet bedroom at night with an imagined universe of sleeping couples past and present, Glenn's over-caffeinated brain considers the beauty of love and the sadness of parting. Even those unlucky enough to have never felt a powerful need to be with another person will be touched by Huizenga's ability to get at the heart of our most tender and quietest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comix Big and Small | 2/8/2006 | See Source »

...neophyte had just shot the puck into her own net.Cahow has come a long way since then. Starting Feb. 11, she will be competing with the U.S. women’s hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. Cahow will be playing alongside past and present Harvard hockey stars Jamie P. Hagerman ’03, 1998 gold medalist Angela M. Ruggiero ’02-’04, and former Crimson hockey team co-captain Julie W. Chu ’06 .But Harvard doesn’t just churn out American competitors. Past...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Step Aside, Mr. Gretzky | 2/8/2006 | See Source »

...Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will retain its present level of access to patron records at libraries—including Harvard’s—until March 10, after Congress voted to temporarily renew the U.S.A. Patriot Act Thursday. This second short-term renewal signals lawmakers’ reluctance to reauthorize the legislation over the long-term without changing the extent of the government’s access to library records. Harvard officials have argued that the FBI’s ability to demand patron information could have a chilling effect on academic freedom. “There...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Patriot Act Once Again Renewed | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

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