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...early age can even inhibit the brain’s neurological defense against alcoholism. Unsurprisingly, then, those who start drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to display symptoms of that disease. Self-selection probably plays a role in that result, but it is better to spare high school freshmen from potential danger...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: For Drinking, 21 the Right Number | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...movies--serious ones as well as silly. By one count, the studios are releasing 66 features this holiday season, up from an already ginormous 58 last year. (Just on their own, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet seem to be starring in about 30 of them.) Who has the spare time to consume all this fabulous entertainment, other than Donald Rumsfeld...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Movies | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...forgets to buy you a gift), $6.99. 13) Make your own model kit for molecular bio (marshmallows and toothpicks from CVS), $2.50. 14) For your friend at Yale: a Harvard static sticker from the Coop, $4.98. 15) For that person you forget about until last minute: 15 copies of Spare Change Times...

Author: By Shannon E. Flynn and Christina G. Vangelakos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: 15 Gifts Under 15 Bucks! | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...other candidates are ‘about,’ too,” she writes. “We just want the UC to be able to get there faster, better—with time, money, and essay-writing, problem-set-pounding, Harvard-life-loving energy to spare...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss and Alexa D West, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Gillis Proposes Overhaul of Council Structure to Improve Efficiency | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...woman for all media. In her long career she has managed to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony. As of July, she has had a radio show on Clear Channel (no awards yet). And, oh, yes, Goldberg, 51, writes children's books in her spare time. Her latest, Whoopi's Big Book of Manners (Hyperion), takes on a particular pet peeve of hers: rude kids. Not her grandkids, of course. TIME's Andrea Sachs spoke with the comedian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Ms. Manners | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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