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Even at his sunniest peak, this dark satirist can’t resist undermining his own predictions. He may embrace the twists and turns of fashion, but at heart he thinks they’re meaningless...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Director Presents ‘Sideways’ View of Life | 10/29/2004 | See Source »

...snapshot of the current situation and an opportunity to prevent a problem from spreading or becoming more prominent. He has not portrayed the data collection effort as the start of a crusade against institutionalized racism ingrained into Massachusetts police departments and has so far said he will resist any efforts to prolong such collection...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Measuring Racial Profiling | 10/26/2004 | See Source »

That’s the history of Smile, possibly the most talked-about legend in pop music. The narrative proved hard to resist: Wilson, a musical genius, mysteriously imploding at the peak of his ability, leaving unfinished what might have been the answer to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beach Boys’ Lost Classic Draws Smiles | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

After Gawker.com, the New York gossip rag with a peculiar Harvard fetish, noted the irony in a posting last week, the club removed Metullus and Campbell’s photo, leaving just the harebrained headline (alliteration is indeed hard to resist) and a brief note of thanks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gadfly: The Week in Buzz | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...world over are supposed to accept the opinions and directions of the West and to follow the American way of life. Different viewpoints, which used to be valued by democratic societies, are not very popular these days; therefore, it is good when other nations and cultures try to resist domination by the West. The North Korean government feels threatened by the U.S., so it is highly understandable that a little country aims to protect itself. That, of course, could best be achieved by developing nuclear weapons. Tahir Niap-San Kuala Lumpur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

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