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...this school without having ever escaped parental control and proceed to go crazy in quite self-destructive ways. Coming from a country (Australia) where the drinking age is 18, this is quite bizarre for me—generally people have worked out that drinking until you’re sick is not fun by the age of eighteen and do not associate binge drinking with tertiary education. The behavior of people arriving at Harvard can generally be explained by a combination of a lack of experience and a lack of role models: there is a paucity of responsible adult drinkers...

Author: By Alex B. Turnbull, | Title: The Evils of Prohibition | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

Michael, not wired on small candy bears, spoke candidly about the hardships of living with his self-imposed condition. “I went to Game 7 in New York—Red Sox-Yankees—slept for six hours, and the next day I was sick. I’m doomed to be sick if I don’t sleep a lot every night...

Author: By Joanna J. Parga, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: To Sleep, or Not to Sleep | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

...Knesset argue that any efforts to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza should be frozen until peace talks can be restarted with a new, more acceptable Palestinian leadership. Sharon's deputy and chief disengagement proponent, Ehud Olmert, says it's too early to change tack just because Arafat is sick. Sharon will have to wait and see who emerges as Arafat's successor and how strong his position is. "It could take a long time," Olmert says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Lions Vying to Prevail | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...days Ashlee was obviously warbling for real at the Radio Music Awards and telling the Today show the SNL episode was "mortifying." But the 20-year-old kept perspective. "I'm not anorexic, my boob didn't pop out," she said. "I had a bad performance, and I got sick." And on the bright side, she's now a perfect candidate for that coveted Zantac endorsement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saturday Not Live | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...thought Christianity taught us to love our neighbors and to feed the hungry. I thought we were supposed to care for the sick and give alms to the poor. Although the Bible says that it’s easier for a camel to fit through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to go to heaven, millions of evangelical Christians across the country voted for a president who gave tax cuts to the rich while other hardworking people lost their jobs and healthcare. As a Christian myself, I find it disappointing that many Christians...

Author: By Loui Itoh, | Title: Selling Our Souls to the Right | 11/5/2004 | See Source »

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