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...military. They watch videos of fighting couples and discuss how conflicts can spiral out of control. They learn tidy formulas for success and failure in love: the three characteristics of successful couples (one is a man who can accept influence from a woman), the four behaviors that spell doom (constant criticism is a biggie). Each time Pearson rattles off a list of rules, her students start furiously taking notes, not because they'll be tested--they won't--but because they're truly dying to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Relationships 101 | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...Jimmy and Ko will get some minutes this year,” junior guard Kevin Rogus said. “It’s great for us because we know when they go in to spell the starters, we’re not dropping off as a team...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Class of ‘007 Has License to Kill | 11/19/2003 | See Source »

...girlfriend would watch it and then go ‘awww!’ and that’d be it,” says Nguyen. Instead, the video spread like a virus over college networks and brought worldwide fame to their residential complex House I, whose name they spell out with their bodies at the end of the video. It has been particularly popular on Harvard servers. “A friend told me she had seen the video and that it scared her and ruined the song for her,” says Patrick B. Donovan...

Author: By Andrew P. Yaksic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Break 'Em Off Wit a Lil' Preview of the Video | 11/13/2003 | See Source »

...elections. Mahinda Rajapakse, a prominent opposition politician and close ally of the President, insists that his own party will not stop peace negotiations if it comes to power: "We will keep talking with the LTTE, but on different terms." Many observers, though, fear that those changed terms will spell the end of peace. "Wickremesinghe is someone we can talk with," warns Master of the LTTE. "There are other politicians we can't talk with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace Dividend | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

MEANWHILE IN THE U.S. ... Spell of the Phoenix The latest Harry Potter book has had an unexpected effect on young fans. Pediatrician Howard J. Bennett, writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, reported an outbreak of headaches among children reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Bennett attributed their ailment - which he dubbed "Hogwarts headaches" - to the eight-hour reading sessions the young enthusiasts put in as they plowed through the 870-page tome. Fortunately, the symptoms clear up a day or two after the patient finishes the book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 11/2/2003 | See Source »

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