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...understand why gays want everyone to explicitly state their sexual preference. I have never seen a character say, "I'm straight." I imagine that since gay people have been oppressed for so long, they need to be combative about the subject so that in the future things will be better. This shows how far society has to go. But Dumbledore would be the same person to me if he liked women, men, sheep or trees. He is a great man, and his sexual preference has no bearing on his greatness. I hope we can get to the point at which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...games in any year, and with six victories in the books so far in ‘07, with one win in its final two games the Crimson can accomplish something no Ivy squad has done since the Wilson Administration—win at least seven games for seven straight seasons...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: This is Golden Age of Football | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...Spinelli, executive director of Hailey's Chamber of Commerce, insists there is no grassroots pro-pot movement and expressed surprise that three of four pro-pot measures passed: legalizing medical marijuana and decriminalizing both marijuana itself and industrial hemp. (The only measure that failed asked for a straight-out legalization of marijuana.) A town of 8,500, Hailey is 12 miles from the Sun Valley ski area. When Spinelli worked Tuesday's election, he says he saw a lot of older affluent voters and young people from the service sector. In Idaho, being under the influence of pot in public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mellowing Out on Marijuana | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...most powerful member of the elite becomes just another guy in need of grooming. And it's a common-man experience whose relaxed intimacy most of them seem to relish. "They come in and gossip and joke around," says the 61-year-old Rodr?guez, as he deftly moves a straight blade around the ears of a lesser-known patron. "The politicians want to know what other people say about them, and what they say about others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaving the Heads of State | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...Walking into a Nicaraguan barbershop is a bit like stepping back into the colonial era, and some of the equipment in use is not that much newer. My neighborhood barber gives me a straight-blade shave, proceeded by several rounds of ointments and creams, and then a full facial and head massages with some sort of ancient vibrating contraption that looks like a Thomas Edison prototype. I don't know what that thing is, but it keeps me going back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaving the Heads of State | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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