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...middle of the night, you could probably say it backwards. Then you write the whole thing out illegibly and see if you can scream through it as fast as you can, while only having a rough reference of what it is because it's written out like chicken scratch." Oh, and then if you're Downey, you probably improvise a couple of versions that are better than what's on the page and perform those too. "He really, really wanted it," says Susan, 34, his wife of 2 and a 1/2 years, a producer he met while making Gothika...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Downey Jr.: Back from the Brink | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...suspicion is not unfounded. Conflicting official accounts of previous terrorists attacks in Xinjiang have left many confused, and details of such terrorist attempts are always vague. "It's hard for me to imagine China manufacturing fake evidence for non-existent terrorist attacks from scratch, but I do not exclude the possibility of the facts being overblown," said Bequelin, "China has deliberately confused terrorists with ordinary criminals, political organizations, and dissidents before, and has used it as an excuse for repression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Murky Olympic Terror Threats | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard can buy the Celtics. Does that violate any Ivy League standards? 11) To conserve, showerheads will be removed and students will receive an Evian bottle for daily showering. In most respects, this sucks. But hey, it’s Evian. 12) Grey Goose at Stein Clubs...oh wait. Scratch that—thanks, Pilbeam. 13) Harvard will purchase a Caribbean island. It will serve as the Ad Board’s Guantanamo Bay. 14) Svens for everyone. (Blackberry commercial, anyone?) 15) Drew Faust will launch a task force on how to spend increased funds. Unfortunately, the cost of that...

Author: By D. PATRICK Knoth, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Ways We'll See the Tuition Hike Come Back | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...been suggesting that I write this article for a long time) I would argue that Harvard does owe us a little. The least you can give a child who was forced to grow up in a house with Harvard armchairs is a second look at his application. Scratch any legacy student and you will find someone who, as an infant, was forced to wear a bib that said I Will Go To Harvard Someday, or Future Freshman: On My Way to Harvard , or something of that ilk. If you are a young future-legacy, an entire section of the COOP...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Give Legacies a Chance | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...service personnel and tens if not hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, trillions of dollars of debt, total disruption of the Middle East and destruction of our nation's good name - sit safely in their offices, unthreatened with even impeachment and ready to escape into retirement without a scratch when their term ends. Payment for sex is apparently far worse than the losses of blood, treasure and our nation's reputation. American values? They're in the toilet. William Majors, Woodland Hills, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

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