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...this large suburban home, the lads are forced to share a bedroom. It's the sort of improbability that is waved away in comedy plots. Or maybe it's part of the larger conceit that all narratives are simply the clothes hangers for splendid jokes, most of which are thrown on the closet floor anyway. After a lot of sparring and territory-marking, Brennan and Dale realize they're soulmates, agreeing on nearly everything including which guy they'd want to have sex with if they were a chick. (Together: "John Stamos!") Their parents are still flummoxed by the boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Step Brothers: "Oh, Grow Up!" "Never!" | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

...else--to sing, maybe?--well, I would take the time to learn how. I have plenty of time before me.'' For ballet audiences too, there is plenty of time to watch these splendid creatures develop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THREE WHO CAPTURE THE MAGIC New ballerinas from Italy, Russia and France are revelations | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...Correctly figuring that most affluent U.S. tourists would rather take hookworm medicine than a bus, an outfit called Tour Alaska had the superior idea of buying several old domed railroad observation cars, built to take big spenders from Chicago to the West Coast in the '50s. These splendid arks, nicely refurbished and staffed with chefs and strolling musicians, now shuttle between Anchorage and Fairbanks every day as the Midnight Sun Express, stopping at Denali in mid-journey. Travelers sip champagne and goggle at moose and caribou while reflecting that a really high- tech society would reinvent the railroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN ALASKA, THE PARTY IS ON A light-struck wilderness awes new visitors | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...splendid lecturer and stand up comic and all that one needs to be to succeed as a professor," said James Hankins, a professor of history, the year after Fleming retired...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fleming, Harvard Prof for 41 Years, Dies at 84 | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

...grand occasions, Donald could always be counted upon to bring...a corsage—invariably a beautiful orchid with a clip attached, that allowed the women to wear the flower on their elegant dress," Handlin wrote. "Donald was also a splendid dancer and in the really olden days could be counted upon to sweep his partner off the floor with flourish and grace...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fleming, Harvard Prof for 41 Years, Dies at 84 | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

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