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...late Wednesday night, I ran into a friend in the Winthrop courtyard. It was cold and very clear. Orion, one of three constellations I can identify, hung in the southwestern sky, his belt and sword bright. We could see our breath. I started to push my friend on the tire swing, and he asked whether I knew “Dover Beach...

Author: By Phobe Kosman, | Title: As on a Darkling Plain | 12/20/2004 | See Source »

...popular series about two rabbits, feckless Max and his sensible sister Ruby. As usual, key plot developments are illustrated with flaps--and who can resist lifting a flap to see what's underneath, especially in Wells' bright, cartoony drawings? Max covets a Sand-Spitter motorcycle with Bigfoot tires like Wilma Warthog's, so even though it's July, he writes to Santa Claus requesting one. "Nobody writes to Santa in the summer," Ruby reminds him. His letter is diverted to Grandma, who, since it consists solely of tire tracks, misunderstands and replies with a picture of a bulldozer. Kids will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gift Bag of Children's Books | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...those headphones are like two snobbish middle fingers that never tire or require stretching, extended to all. Who needs the sounds of the birds and the bees, or even friends, when 40 gigabytes of unprotected mp3 files divided into 261 different playlists to suit every mood are available with a simple touch of Apple’s signature “click wheel...

Author: By John Hastrup, JOHN W. HASTRUP | Title: iPretend You Don't Exist | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

Future plans for Present! events include setting up tire swings throughout campus during reading period to “encourage people to chill out” and staging a “Godzilla versus a robot battle in the Yard when it’s snowing...

Author: By Sophie F. Brickman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Trash Talker | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

...spins. You can jump off ramps and slide along rails. You can fly through multicolored rings in the sky. Along the way, you hit targets with your hands to rack up points and earn speed bursts. With five levels to master, it could take weeks or months before you tire of AntiGrav...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Beyond the Thumb | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

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