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...male), the latter objects to the flirtation, giving the excuse, “Well, you’re dead and I’m a very devout Christian.” The female ghost responds, “Well, maybe you could show me a res-er-ec-tion,” delivering wordplay so obvious it would surely make even the most tolerant punsters cringe...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTS TUESDAY: Classic Pudding Kitsch Still Reigns | 2/22/2005 | See Source »

...tion! Do-mi-na-tion...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KING JAMES BIBLE: Football Should Sit Out Yale To Protest | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

...best chants rely on cleverness, not cursing. Cornell’s “Grade in-fla-tion!” jab at us Harvard folk is a classic, as was the “Hey Baby” remake in honor of their beloved Stephen Bâby. Even the stinky-fish-fling is a worthy tradition...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On Hockey: Out With Fan Vulgarity in College Hockey | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

...tion Hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 15, 2003 | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

...meantime, Yang feared, China was beginning to win its public relations war on human rights. He was outraged when then President Jiang Zemin was invited to visit Harvard. Later came China's accession to the World Trade Organiza-tion and Beijing's winning bid to host the 2008 Olym-pics. In this atmosphere Yang began to experience doubts. "The temptation to see for himself what was really happening at home became stronger and stronger," says Fu, "He was starting to feel too cut off." Yang told a distraught Fu that he'd just take a quick look around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Can't Go Home Again | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

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