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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Just speak to any athlete or sport fan, and they have little rituals that they have to engage in just to make sure the game goes ok. They have to wear their lucky shirts or they have to eat chicken before every baseball match, things like that. There's a number of very famous ones - John McEnroe wouldn't step on a white line, David Beckham is notoriously superstitious, Tiger Woods has to wear red on a Sunday when he plays golf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're Superstitious | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...Cure’s “Just Like Heaven,” and The Outfield’s “Your Love.” The wistful pop of these years accompanies Mottola’s use of frequent pans and circling close-ups. The songs speak to carefree satisfaction as much as they hint to nostalgic sadness in the face of fading youth.Just as the promises of adolescence gradually wither, the movie loses steam as it recedes into melodrama. When James applies to work at Adventureland, he asks for a job in rides but the manager hands...

Author: By William P. Hennrikus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Adventureland | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

McHale said the ABNNF hopes to bring all the Boston mayoral candidates to speak to the Allston community, and that Yoon was the first to make himself available...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Allston, Brighton Forum Hosts Yoon | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...empty office to join a Moody's conference call, in which he was supposed to talk about U.S. home foreclosures. While he was waiting, a gentleman in a chalk-striped suit popped into the room and started chatting to him in another language. "I'm sorry - I don't speak Persian," Zandi said. He later explained that his father emigrated from Iran but never taught him Farsi growing up. "So many members of the Iranian community come up to me and speak Farsi," he said. "There is so much negative attention paid to Iran, they are very interested in someone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economist Mark Zandi: The Recession's Hot Wonk | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...These offices should emphasize more actively the importance of semester or yearlong study-abroad programs by organizing talks, publicizing pertinent information and deadlines, and working closely with departments. Students who have been abroad already should be invited more frequently to speak to others about their experiences and how those experiences have allowed them to appreciate and take advantage of all that Harvard has to offer at home...

Author: By Alexandra L. Perkins | Title: A Broad Education | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

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