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...solution in what you might call an adult au pair. With more Americans single than ever and rents sky high in cities like Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, many women are open to the idea of keeping house for a casual acquaintance or even a stranger in exchange for a rent-free place to stay--as long as there are no sexual strings attached. According to nationwide matching service RoommateExpress.com about 25% of its male clients specifically ask for a female barter roommate, up from less than 10% just three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wanted: New Roommaid | 4/24/2006 | See Source »

...them from reviewers was completely unnecessary. Similarly, the two horror movies that have been denied advance screenings—the second installment in Kate Beckinsale’s vampire franchise “Underworld Evolution” and a remake of the 1979 thriller, “When a Stranger Calls”—hardly relied upon the press for commercial success. Horror films are guaranteed an audience of genre aficionados who can be relied upon to turn out en masse for opening weekend. Disparaging word of mouth between fans, not hostile reviews, is what sinks fear flicks...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Notice: Bypass Block(ed)busters | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...seconds long, and they're generally amateur in execution and wildly eclectic in subject matter. Browse one of the websites that hosts them, like YouTube or Google Video, and you'll see drunken karaoke, babies being born, plane crashes, burping contests, freakish sports accidents and far, far stranger things. The one thing they have in common is that people can't stop watching them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Get Famous in 30 Seconds | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

...stayed in the back of my head because it was Harvard and I didn’t think I would get in.” Now, two years later, Nick is the composer and lyricist for the Freshman Musical, “On the Heir.” No stranger to the world of theater, Commins acted in nearly 22 musicals while in high school. “I did a musical every semester. I was always acting,” he says. A native of San Francisco, Nick was a committed member of the Young People?...

Author: By Jessica A. Berger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spotlight: Nicholas N. Commins ’09 | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...Indiana, however, there is a bipartisan consensus about the state's latest antidropout measure. Shelbyville representative Messer, former head of the Indiana Republican Party, is no stranger to partisan politics, but his strongest partner in pushing for the measure was a liberal Democrat named Stan Jones, who is now the state's commissioner of higher education. The bill they championed had, fittingly, both carrot and stick. Students who drop out before age 18 could have their driver's license suspended or their work permit revoked unless their decision was first approved by a school or judge. But students who found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dropout Nation | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

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