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As swoony romantic heroes go, vampires are made to order: brooding, dangerous, mysterious, snappily dressed (although, alas, the cape has largely been dispensed with) with eye-catching dentition. "It's that fantasy about taming the bad boy, and you can't get any worse than a vampire," says Erika Tsang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Well, Hello, Suckers | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

Others have a more romantic view of the vampiric appeal. "I think vampires are very dark, and women have a tendency to want to save them," says Feehan. After Bram Stoker, Anne Rice and Joss Whedon (who created the venerated Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Feehan is the person most credited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Well, Hello, Suckers | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

On the whole, this innocent, clever, winning little piece of chick-lit is for any romantic who isn’t too proud to enjoy a guilty pleasure.

Author: By Kathryn E. Patrick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bestseller: Can You Keep a Secret? | 2/15/2006 | See Source »

Arthur T. von Mehren ’42, a trailblazer in the study of international law who taught at Harvard for nearly half a century, died of pneumonia on Jan. 16. He was 83. “He was essentially a Harvard lifer,” said his son Peter...

Author: By Pamela T. Freed, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Law Prof, 83, Dies | 2/14/2006 | See Source »

The Harvard Computer Society (HCS) has seen to it that love will be in the air for this Valentine’s Day like never before. For the 11th consecutive year, the HCS “Datamatch” matchmaking service sought to pair lovelorn (or just adventurous) Harvardians. And...

Author: By Nicholas A. Ciani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Love at First Byte | 2/14/2006 | See Source »

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