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...proud of my reason for wanting to slap Kim Jong Il. Shouldn't we be beyond just not liking someone's face? I always thought so, but recently the folks at Princeton University reassured me that, nope, it's perfectly fine and in fact entirely human. A study by psychologist Alex Todorov shows that we form opinions about a person with a 100-millisecond glance at the face alone. What's more, you can't even blame your higher brain for such bias. The impulse seems to arise in the primitive amygdala. If your prefrontal cortex is your summa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing Realities | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...beat Brown in the finals. Sifers played a key role in this success story as she scored the game- and series-winning goal in double overtime against Clarkson in the quarterfinals of the ECAC tournament. She sank the puck in the back of the net with a pinpoint slap shot that went over the goalie’s right shoulder.“She ripped it. We call her Snipes, and its kind of a joke, but that was a snipe today—that last shot was a great shot,” said Stone following the win last...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HOCKEY PREVIEW 2006-07: Leaders of the Pack | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...weren't sitting in that chair, I'd slap you across the face." BARBARA CUBIN, Republican Representative from Wyoming, to her wheelchair-bound Libertarian challenger, Thomas Rankin, after a debate in which he criticized her for accepting donations from disgraced ex--House majority leader Tom DeLay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Nov. 6, 2006 | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...kids in developing countries at the Harvard Concert Commission’s annual laugh-in. Before you can say “What happened to Wyclef?” you’ll slap your thighs to comedians Modi, Judah Friedlander, Tim Young, Tom Shillue, Marc Maron, and Paul Mecurio...

Author: By FM Staff | Title: Get out! | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

...unfortunate enough to come across HUPD in the wake of some bad publicity, expect a lengthy court process before the case’s possible dismissal. But if you’re caught by a relaxed tutor, expect a reprimand from the Ad Board, some drug counseling, and a slap on the wrist...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Drug Policy? What Are You, High? | 10/10/2006 | See Source »

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