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...Even more importantly, because of Rowling, a generation of children will now grow up with a broader—and less negative—awareness of homosexuality. That schoolyard snipe, “You’re so gay!” now has new, Dumbledorian meaning. Facebook groups are already popping up: “If Gay Marriage is Good Enough for Dumbledore, it’s Good Enough for America.” And Rowling has very likely given a new degree of hope and comfort to thousands of sexually confused and isolated young adults who thought that...

Author: By Michael Segal | Title: Magic’s Greatest Secrets | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...nature, bring nature to you, she says. Pick up a rock and carry it around in your pocket as a reminder of your connection with the earth. It's all about remembering the joy we had when we played in the sandbox as toddlers or went on snipe hunts at summer camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Despair Over the Polar Bear | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

...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 year.This year, though, Harvard is looking for more, and the returning Olympians will help the Crimson realize this dream...

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

...into the “Pink Carnation” and “League of the Purple Gentian”—British espionage organizations meant to quash Irish insurrection in 1803—the narrative centers on Letty Alsworthy, the newlywed of Purple Gentian officer Geoff Pinchingdale-Snipe...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HLS Grad Explores Old English Spies, Subterfuge, and Sex | 11/1/2006 | See Source »

...yourself feigning the role of a humanities buff without realizing it. It helps to think of the tedious reading as a slightly more intellectual Harry Potter book you read as background so that you won’t be awkwardly left out of conversations on whether or not Professor Snipe is really on Harry Potter’s side. Clearly, this demonstrates the unsurpassed level of diligence, integrity, and work ethic of the typical Harvard student in any academic setting. Just kidding. What it’s really a reflection of is the fact that classes like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Historical Studies A | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

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