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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that, at Judd University, all the freaks and geeks get a turn to shine in the school play - while Rudd, the one guy who kind of looks like a movie star, is relegated to the chorus? I've finally figured it out, now that I've seen John Hamburg's I Love You, Man, which is not an Apatow production (but observes all its rules) and in which Rudd finally gets a starring role. It's that Rudd is a handsome nebbish, a fellow programmed to be agreeable, soft, semi-cuddly, in a movie universe that not only doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Love You, Man: A Final Bromance? | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...that they can about their firms. They have the benefit of SEC rules that say it is OK to talk about the future as long as there are no guarantees given. In other words, CEOs are allowed to guess without getting into trouble as long as they do not turn their guesses into formal forecasts. In the world of corporate governance it is one of the great "get out of jail free" cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Commercial Real Estate: The Banks' Next Big Problem | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...Oftentimes, you find the same people appearing in the [Common Casting] plays. It almost becomes like a ‘group’ thing,” Wong says.“It may seem like there is less of a minority presence in productions which, in turn, deters students of minority backgrounds,” adds Austin Chu ’10, the co-president of AAA and a contributor to the AAA Players’ revival effort.In contrast, HRDC says that it implemented Common Casting in order to combat biased auditioning. “It?...

Author: By Minji Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AAA Players Revived to Encourage Diversity | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...older sister, Neecey, torments him by giving him more-than-occasional glimpses of her naked body. Genie’s overactive imagination thinks up increasingly disturbing sexual scenarios in which his sister might be engaging. In a fit of anger and nascent sexual frustration, Genie responds in his own turn, pulling down his shorts and flashing his sister. Unfortunately, Fuerst too often resorts to explaining his own story. “Yeah, sometimes I had problems with self-control,” Genie observes as he pulls up his pants. It would seem to the reader that Fuerst elucidates this...

Author: By Isabel E. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Debut Novel Hardly 'Huge' | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...Holocaust denier, Benedict plowed ahead with what he believed was the right thing to do, even if it brought a maelstrom of bad press. In this case, Benedict believes that condom use is part of a culture of promiscuity that is breaking down the traditional family, which in turn feeds the kind of behavior that spreads the HIV virus. (See pictures of the global fight against AIDS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Anti-Condom Remarks: Candor Over P.R. | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

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