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...wish to lay to bear a crime most treasonous and vile, a crime committed without a thought by so many of the more brazen undergraduates at Harvard College. The rude tendrils of these boors have, like kudzu, ensnared our mighty towers with treacherous speed, and the former glory of our quadrangles is all but eclipsed by their perfidy. We must thrust off this shadow...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: To Harvard’s Philistines | 1/31/2007 | See Source »

PUBLISHING Bucks for Rude Yuks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Dec. 15, 1986 | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...They faced plenty of obstacles: the rude public merriment at their pairing; all the misery the Vatican-cowed Italian government tried to bring to their joint political, financial and personal life; the stories of his infidelities and of the movie stars (Cary Grant, Peter Sellers) utterly smitten by her allure. Yet Ponti and Loren persevered, becoming a metaphor for the lasting attraction of opposites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Sophia Loved | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

...Young people, reared in the current Rude Era of pop culture, might be miffed at having to endure, on the home field of their elders, the one time of year that celebrates family and sentiment. Deal with it, kids. These fogies put you through school and probably put up with a lot more. The least you can do is keep your eyes from rolling when a senior citizen plays the Andy Williams Christmas album (or turns the channel to It's a Wonderful Life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 12 CDs of Christmas | 12/22/2006 | See Source »

...supplies up to half the country's food requirement and even more of its daily oil needs - Beijing has long been seen as the only party with any real influence over the actions of the erratic Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il. But Kim gave his backers in Beijing a rude surprise on October 9, when North Korea announced that it had tested a nuclear device in defiance of China's demand for restraint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Feels the Heat | 12/16/2006 | See Source »

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