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...Cross on Sept. 13: "I have been at this place day by day without knowing why I am here, how long I am going to stay, and where I am going to go after this. I sit, eat, sleep and do nothing." The indefinite solitary confinement has prompted hunger strikes and 28 suicide attempts. The last time British intelligence agents flew in to question Abbasi, he stayed mum for over an hour - though they couldn't say whether he was stonewalling or mentally disturbed. A mental health facility opened in March and now houses about 20 captives judged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parting of the Ways? | 7/13/2003 | See Source »

...whose sexagenarian Master Builder lusts for a teenage girl, reports that, during a tour of some of the more prudish British towns, audience members walked out in protest. "It felt as shocking as it was in the 1890s. I rather enjoyed that!" Will the success of the Ibsen plays prompt the West End to put on more serious work? Duncan Weldon, producer of The Master Builder, is pessimistic. "We are seeing, if not the last hurrah of serious plays, at least the signs of a slowdown. Other forms of entertainment will take over and in 10 years there will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ibsen To The Rescue | 6/22/2003 | See Source »

...after 10 months, the OCR ruled that the Ad Board policy provides “a prompt and equitable resolution of their complaints” and thus is not discriminatory on the basis of gender...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Burden of Proof | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...Help files of whatever e-mail software you currently use. If you put off this task until after July 15, you can still use the FAS Account Archive Download tool to save your inbox as a Zip archive. Just visit http://www.fas.harvard.edu/computing/myaccount and detailed directions will prompt you. However, lest you feel too secure in your procrastination, remember: the latter option expires after October 1, when FAS Computer Services deletes all the accounts of June graduates. But then, that would solve all your decision-making problems, wouldn?...

Author: By Jannie S. Tsuei, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Explained? | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

...frosted cupcakes arrived shipshape, but our Seattle shopper was disappointed to find a slim selection of fresh fish and organic food. "I had to go through six pages of yogurt to find out that they didn't have any organic yogurt," he says. And while the delivery person was prompt and polite (deliveries are scheduled in 90-min. blocks from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.), the fresh flowers the shopper ordered were forgotten. He decided he'd rather avoid the $9.95 delivery fee and do his own shopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Internet: What's For Dinner? | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

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