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...sounds dominate the lives of Israelis living near Gaza: the wail of a siren and, 25 seconds later, the whistling screech of an incoming rocket fired by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. That gives Israeli families just enough time to dive for cover - even as they pray the rocket will miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle over Gaza | 12/31/2008 | See Source »

Whether it's a five-star holiday in Kuala Lumpur or a backpacking trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains, traveling à deux is the quickest way to get to know somebody. There's no room for pretense after she's heard you screech over a sand snake, and politesse quickly falls to the wayside after one of you gets hit with Montezuma's revenge on a romantic getaway. Traveling together can be a dealbreaker or a dealmaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The True Couple's Travel Test | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...separation from French actress Anna Karina, who had starred as the female lead in several of his films up to that point. But something’s amiss. Instead of the slowly fading hum of the sports car’s accelerator, the viewer hears the sudden, pulverizing screech of the car smashing into a truck. The camera returns to the car, glimmering blood red again, pinned in the gate-like intersection of the blue-striped tankers. Our concern, naturally and immediately, is with Bardot, whose head hangs over the side door, propped against the truck’s scaffold...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Wave But Old Fave | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

SAVED BY THE BELL jamboree! Screech to pen tell-all; Slater named host of Extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...acoustics are horrible, but this is actually a respectable venue.” The room is characteristically half-full of the same thirty-somethings and sixteen-year-olds, clutching Stella Artois in their sweaty, underage hands. You can meet the headlining band at the merchandise table while the openers screech their way to an agonizing and glorious halt. The acts are not always well known, but they’re often surprisingly good. This underground scene seems an appropriate sanctuary for the last dying breaths of rock-n-roll creativity...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Failing Labels Put Rock Band in Limbo | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

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