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...argument is that if the societies begin letting all boys into their parties, they'll drink all the members' beer, steal all the members' girls and won't want to punch in the fall because they're essentially getting the "milk" for free. Even though final club members are cool at Harvard, they were dorks in high school just like the rest of us. Each clubhouse represents for them a guarantee of lifelong popularity. The humiliations of high school remain a memory, since girls flock to the only parties that definitely won't close at 12:45. Final club members...

Author: By Christina S. Lewis, | Title: To Thine Own Self Be True | 3/15/2000 | See Source »

...prep is a pain," Couric admits. The colonoscopy itself is conducted under a mild sedative. "I was chatting the whole time," Couric recalls, "bossing my camera crew around." There is a risk, albeit a small one, that the device can slip and punch a hole in the intestinal wall. Yet a colonoscopy offers a distinct advantage in that the doctor can remove any small precancerous polyps as soon as they are found, making it the only screening test that can prevent cancer, not just detect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Katie's Crusade | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

NAME: Noel Gallagher AGE: 32 OCCUPATION: Petulant British pop star BEST PUNCH: Oasis guitarist denied reports he was friendly with Williams, dismissing the former boy band member as a "fat dancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 13, 2000 | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

NAME: Robbie Williams AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: Preening British pop star BEST PUNCH: Sent Gallagher a funeral wreath with a card attached reading, "R.I.P. Heard your latest album. With deepest sympathy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 13, 2000 | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

Thought you couldn't get excited about that ship anymore? Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry will prove you wrong. It packs a powerful punch into 25,000 sq. ft.--including artifacts (china, Champagne bottles, the captain's bell, a twisted chandelier), replicas (staterooms, the cargo hold and the grand staircase) and even part of the hull. Letters, photographs and quotations from passengers are poignant. Most chilling: a 9-ft. by 16-ft. sheet of ice. Pressing their hands to it, visitors learn that the salt water that ill-fated night was colder still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exhibitions: Exhibitions: Titanic | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

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