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...offer alcohol. Sure, drink all you want, but don't tempt an exam-taker-to-be. You don't want to inflict lasting damage on their baby...er, computer science project...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Done With Exams? Well, Some of Us are Still "Laboring" | 5/11/2010 | See Source »

...good, and other people thought so too, since it quickly sold $1.6 billion worth of tickets worldwide. And then, on the 29th day, Eli, a man of another God - the God - bestrode the multiplexes to raise holy Hell and challenge the Kingdom of Avatar. And, lo, he did tempt of the children of Cameron; so many of them ate the leaves of The Book of Eli that it was No.1 at the Friday domestic box office. But, yea unto thee, Avatar stormed back to win the weekend. And with order restored to the heaven and the earth, the Lord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avatar Weekend Five: Cameron Burns Eli | 1/17/2010 | See Source »

...rumored departure, Pertile--a Dante scholar who has been notably involved, to say the least, with House crew--offers: “'Mr. Eliot, you see, this is our tenth year, and the third in which we hold the Agassiz Cup. I don’t think we should tempt fortune further...we have had such a wonderful run here for the past ten years, that to ask you and the other Gods'--he liked that a lot!--'to ask you and the other Gods for more'--he loved that!--'might be foolish…I mean, reckless, irritating too?...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Letters From Lino | 11/28/2009 | See Source »

...dollars - not just in our electronics store but across all product categories on Amazon.com," Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos recently said. Amazon's profit soared 68%, to $199 million, for the quarter that ended Sept. 30. The book discounts could draw traffic to the site and tempt shoppers to pony up for the $259 Kindle. (See nine e-readers to gawk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walmart, Target, Amazon: Book Price War Heats Up | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...take better care of their property and their neighborhood than renters do. But there's a negative one too, particularly in times of economic upheaval like this, as homeownership becomes an economic ball and chain that keeps workers from moving to areas where jobs are more plentiful. Subsidies also tempt us to buy more house than we would otherwise, a wasteful use of capital - not to mention of the energy it takes to heat and cool large houses. Finally, subsidizing house purchases drives up prices. That can be a boon to some sellers but not to renters or first-time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get Homeowners Off Welfare | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

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