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First thing you notice about a guy/girl: How tight her sweater is. Sorry about the misogyny, but them hormones… just can’t do anything about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoped! | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

It’s a familiar story—cash is tight, cheap beer at Uno’s beckons, and that untouched wad of Hamiltons on your roommate’s desk is starting to look mighty appealing. Perhaps you should consider the pursuit of honest fast cash through the re-sale of your old textbooks for a better return. Or should you? Rumor has it that selling books to the Harvard Book Store is more lucrative than toting them over to The Coop, but FM wouldn’t suggest going there unless you want to haggle with...

Author: By Eliza L. Gray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Principles of Beating the System, For Fun and Profit | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...bottling the lightning of blogger authenticity is not easy. Many blogosphere activists suspect anyone signing on with a campaign of selling out. And in the era of drum-tight message control, campaigns are not inclined to tolerate the independence bloggers need to maintain their credibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bloggers on the Bus | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...female students at his Islamic boarding school to wear the chador, a flowing black dress that covers everything but the eyes. Indonesian women, though living in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, have traditionally worn somewhat sexier garb: a loose, lacy veil, a cleavage-hugging blouse and a tight sarong. But over the past few years, as Southeast Asia's moderate forms of Islam have struggled to hold sway against the challenge of a more conservative, Middle Eastern-influenced version of the faith, many Indonesian women have begun to cover themselves up. Many who once wore short skirts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Man's "Flower" Is Another's "Jewel" | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

...student and executes accordingly. My host mother’s clear preference for the fluent help translates into a clear difference in their salaries. Julia’s employment options are sharply limited (she’s fortunate, in fact, to have a job in Argentina’s tight labor market), and she earns less than 400 (US $133) pesos a month. Lourdes, on the other hand, works about twice the amount Julia does and commands a salary about three times higher...

Author: By Grace Tiao | Title: 900,000 Amelia Bedelias | 2/4/2007 | See Source »

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