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...Finn and Becky Thatcher by flashlight underneath the covers at my grandparents' home. Later, a friend and I built a raft and tried to sail across Diamond Lake in Illinois, only to be rescued by fearful adults. When I was 11, my grandmother took me aboard the legendary Delta Queen. Now, after more than 80 years afloat, the Delta Queen is to be put out of service because of inaction by Congress. It brings to mind a Twain saying: "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." I can't imagine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...destiny in quite a similar way. Having held out admirably for decades, the U.S. has at last fully succumbed to the charms of the stickiest thing to come out of Scandinavia since the sauna. When 14-time Oscar nominee Meryl Streep is in 3,000 cinemas nationwide singing Dancing Queen, it's time to break out ze white flag, mes fr?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving Up the Fight | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...divine Mamita [her pet name for her mother] of my heart...Every day I pray to God to bless you, to care for you, protect you, and allow me the opportunity to one day indulge you in everything, to please you in everything, to have you like a queen close to me; since I cannot bear the thought of being separated from you again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betancourt's Surprise Best Seller | 7/11/2008 | See Source »

...gloves off, etc. The winner is determined by knockout, checkmate or referee decision. Ada Calhoun spoke via translator with the 2008 World Champion Chessboxer, Russian math student Nikolaj Sazhin, 19, who won the light-heavyweight division in Berlin on July 5 after seizing his punch-drunk opponent's queen in the fifth round of chess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I've Got a Mean Left Rook ... | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

Proctors received notification of the incident early Sunday evening and were instructed to forward Queen's message on to their students...

Author: By Crimson News Staff | Title: Summer School Student Stabbed Near Yard | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

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