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...Jewish, I’d never gotten to read the Holy Bible and was quite curious. Sadly, it lacked a barcode; the cashier wasn’t able to sell it to me despite her declaration that not owning it “was a shame, because that’s one good book to have.” I took her words to heart and began my quest to understand an essential literary text. My mother was slightly confused by my desire to delve into the goyim’s good book, but I explained that I wanted...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Unlikely Enlightenment | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...anyone who has not yet visited Poland, the country can conjure up grainy images of World War II, Nazi occupation and drab, communist-era decay. Though it's 15 years since the Soviet tanks left, the country has yet to shake that reputation. That's a shame: Poland may be the most underappreciated destination in Europe. From the meticulously reconstructed old square in Warsaw to medieval Cracow and the white sand beaches of the Baltic, the country boasts some of Central Europe's most unexpected pleasures. Poland is preparing to join the European Union in May, and Poles hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sitting Pretty In Poland | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...messed-up? Tennessee Williams’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” a timeless story about a wealthy plantation family who gather to celebrate the birthday of their patriarch and compete for inheritance rights, will put your clan to shame at the Loeb Experimental Theatre, starting tonight. The Roving Reporter sat down with the cast to rake through the Southern underbelly of the production.Benjamin T. Clark ’09 RR: So who do you play?BC: I play Big Daddy.RR: Does the Adam Sandler film “Big Daddy?...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lust, Alcoholism, Greed... It's All In The Family | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...first journalistic assignments came from an American women's magazine. During a 1994 U.N. population conference in Cairo, CNN had aired footage of the backstreet female genital mutilation of a 10-year-old Egyptian girl. Egypt's conservatives claimed that CNN and the girl's family had shamed Egypt on the world stage. A year on, I was asked to find the girl and do an update. But after a few phone calls in Cairo, I begged off the assignment: the girl was in hiding, fearing reprisals. My editors in New York assumed she'd want to "tell her story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indecent Exposure | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...lives in a River House 4) The Dump – Dunster House 5) A Poonster – a member of a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine 6) SOS – shuttle-ride of shame home from the Quad 7) Quadling – someone who lives in the Quad 8) The ’Berg – where freshman find their missing 15 pounds 9) Ho-worthy – whatchu gonna do with all that junk? 10) Billy Jim – Williams James...

Author: By Frances Jin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 SLANG WORDS | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

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