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...German surrender had been signed early on May 7, and almost all the fighting had ended well before that. "We play softball every afternoon," a member of the U.S. 667th Field Artillery Battalion, at a German village near the Czech border, wrote in his diary. "I've had a shower, two movies and a U.S.O. show." Wrote one of his buddies: "V-E day. Just another day. Didn't seem to make a hell of a lot of difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: V-E Day: There Was Such a Feeling of Joy | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...Senate Budget Committee, called him "the most effective OMB Director we've ever had."[*] Even the Washington Post's editorialists, often critical of Stockman's cuts, commended him "for a kind of intellectual and moral integrity that is rarely found in national public life." Stockman was bemused by the shower of accolades. "I never knew I had so many well-wishers until I decided to leave," he quipped. "Now I know why they write obituaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exit the Whiz Kid | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Then, in sophomore year, Carol Bentley, a wet-eyed brunette from Toledo, Ohio, entered Emma Willard and became my best friend. I remember first seeing her as I was stepping out of the dorm shower. She was naked and took my breath away. I had never seen a body like hers: fully developed breasts that stood straight out over a tiny waist, and narrow hips with long, chiseled legs. I felt certain right then that she would end up running the world and that if I hung around long enough, some of her power would rub off on me. Already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: My Life So Far | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

...officer was sent to investigate a person possibly masturbating in the shower at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC). The responding officer searched the area for the alleged masturbator but was unable to find...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

...each of which has adapted in its way to life in a desert ecosystem. Couch's spadefoot toads can live underground for much of their lives, awaiting some moisture before they come up and breed. Saguaro cacti are able to suck up a ton of water from one rain shower and then do without more rain for a year. Sidewinder rattlesnakes move across dunes in a unique S-shaped motion that minimizes contact with the scorching sand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living with the Desert | 3/28/2005 | See Source »

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