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...headed, because others on the beach will see you reading and judge you—and the book—by its cover. ON CHESIL BEACH: A NOVEL by Ian McEwan It’s beachy, but serious-style beachy. Clearly this is no frivolous tale of surf and sun: there’s some foreboding darkness in the top right corner and a solitary girl staring out at the deep blue. That’s kinda what you’re doing on the beach, right? She’s probably contemplating profound thoughts while trying to remember what...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BY ITS COVER | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

...June, LaBeouf will swan-dive into the mainstream in the usual way, as the voice of the lead penguin in an animated movie, Surf's Up. He'll also be the human star as robots wage war on Earth in the oversize action flick Transformers. But next year it's the really big leagues: he has just been tapped to play a key role in Indiana Jones 4 alongside Harrison Ford. Oh, and soon he'll turn 21 and be old enough to share a toast at all those premieres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downtime: Apr. 30, 2007 | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...with his unfastened belt hanging between his legs. I drank excellent coffee, ate some great dark, heavy chocolate, and when I ran out of people to meet, Danielo took me to see the Boca del Inferno (Mouth of Hell), which turned out to be a rocky channel in the surf with a bit of a current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sleepwalking in Sao Tome | 3/19/2007 | See Source »

...ancient Greeks knew, if all the oarsmen are put on one end of the trireme, it will sink or at least sail around in circles,” the classicist said. “Some students don’t come to class, or they come late, or they surf the Web during lectures or even sections, I’ve noticed.”“Crucially, they are tired all of the time. Factors like these are not the elephant in the room. They are an entire herd of elephants, and they will trample...

Author: By Johannah S. Cornblatt and Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Teaching Report Draws Few Profs | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...good, too—but not great. Apparently, on a tiny release like this, listeners miss out on features that have defined Ward’s LPs since 1999’s “Duet for Guitars #2.” Here, there are no whimsical instrumentals, no surf-tinged laments, and a lot less of M. Ward’s signature old-timey feel. It doesn’t take a Luddite to lament this transition—at least at first. “Post-War” is a beautiful album...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Ward - "To Go Home EP" (Merge Records) | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

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