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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...movie's first minutes, Precious - having been held back many times before - is in a junior high math class, projecting a blank hostility to the world. Only her voice invites us in: "I like math," she says dreamily in voice-over. "I don't open my book. I just sit there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Precious Review: Too Powerful for Tears | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...event, a sit-down discussion between Pelosi and Center for Public Leadership Director David R. Gergen on leadership in a time of reform, was the most popular event at the IOP this year, according to Forum Committee Chair Christopher J. Hollyday ’11. More than 2,100 students and local residents entered a lottery for just 700 seats in the forum, Hollyday said...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pelosi Explains Building Consensus on House Health Care Bill | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...teams sit tied atop the conference standings with 5-0 Ivy records, both 6-2 overall. Tomorrow’s victor will clinch a guaranteed share of the league title and put itself in a position to win the Ancient Eight outright with a win next week...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Seeks Third Consecutive Crown | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...should cool it a little. The problem with no-strings-attached hook ups is that sometimes people forget to take all the strings off. Shouldn’t we get to know each other before we start getting to know each other? Maybe, before leaping into bed, everyone should sit down and fill out comprehensive forms that cover our opinions on politics, philosophy, free-range chicken, and that one episode of Sex and the City where Samantha confronts those transvestites. By the time we finish the form, we will have a) found true love, b) passed out from boredom...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Who Sank The Courtship? | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...these students use conscious-altering substances to lubricate the transition from thought to work, a process possible when sober but sometimes easier while not. Some use the activity as a communal starting point, gathering around campus to drink or smoke before setting off to work. At other times, they sit alone with a bottle of wine or a well-rolled joint, pondering words and paint...

Author: By Noël D. Barlow and Eunice Y. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: High Art | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

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