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...were both in the Quincy dining hall, and she looked at me and said, ‘Boy, what are you doing alone? Come sit with me!’ I thought she was crazy and fun and was excited to become part of her craziness,” recalls Russell...

Author: By CATHERINE J. ZIELINSKI, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Most Interesting Seniors 2010: Dara A. B. Johnson | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

Even with his accomplishments and his future prospects, Yan is humble about his talents. “To be honest, I’m not brilliant. I’m not that genius physics person that can just sit around and know everything,” he says. Maybe so, but that sure hasn’t stopped him before...

Author: By SOFIE C. BROOKS, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Most Interesting Seniors: Winston X. Yan | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

Parents, meanwhile, need to keep the kid's crying to a minimum. And they definitely need to know when their son or daughter is too old to sit on Santa's lap. Otherwise, things can get weird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sketchy Santas: When Christmas Gets Weird | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...notices that his beard isn't real? Or asks what Santa's doing in a shopping mall? (This year you have an easy out: just say he's working a second job because of the recession.) What do you do if your child starts to cry? Or won't sit still? What if he yawns or sneezes or drools just as Santa's elflike assistant snaps the photo? You just waited in line for over an hour to get that keepsake memory; you're not going to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sketchy Santas: When Christmas Gets Weird | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...Political analysts in Russia say the transition plan is clear. "What they are signaling is that in 2012, they will not compete with each other for the presidency. They will sit down and decide in an orderly fashion which of them will be the next President. If Putin wants it, he will take it, and the public will then legitimize this decision at the polls," says Alexei Makarkin, deputy head of the Center for Political Technologies, a think tank in Moscow. "There's no room here for Western ideas of plurality, debate or political struggle. Nobody wants that here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putin: Yes, I May Run Again. Thanks for Asking | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

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