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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...should give hope to every Harvard student who’s ever had an “awkward balloon!” moment. 5. Joan Aiken and Quentin Blake, “Arabel’s Raven”: The stories of lonely English schoolgirl Arabel and her pet raven, Mortimer—who solves mysteries and incites mass upheaval in Arabel’s household while continually croaking, “Nevermore!”—resemble Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” but are about five thousand times better, thanks...

Author: By Mary A. Brazelton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mary A. Brazelton | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...probably have the best philosophy section in New England,” said John Petrovato, the owner of Raven Used Books on 52 JFK St. “We have sections that other stores wouldn’t have...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...used bookstores are unemployable in the [conventional] sense, either eccentrics or anarchists or just loose cannons of sorts,” Petrovato said. “I guess I would be an anarchist. I don’t like to work for anybody.” But Raven Books has no political affiliation: “I have a lot of books that I don’t agree with politically, but these books need to be read...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...craze for ebony-tinged foods can be traced to Asia, where inky ingredients have a long and illustrious tradition. The nutty flavors and raven tones of forbidden rice were once reserved for Chinese emperors. Silkie chickens, whose snowy white feathers cover birds with black skin, flesh and bones, are prized throughout Asia for their deep, gamy flavor and used in soupy tonics said to enrich blood and improve health. And in Japan, dark foods like black vinegar drinks, black soy milk and black sesame breakfast cereals are currently so popular that Hagen-Dazs even sells a black sesame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Is Beautiful | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...stars, they could launch music acts and beef up the show's brand. Walt Disney Records' 2003 release of Hillary Duff's album and soundtrack proved them right, followed by The Cheetah Girls, a music-based TV movie about four friends aspiring to be pop stars featuring Symone of Raven. From that platform the Hannah Montana soundtrack was launched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Disney Star Is Born | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

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