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...Orwellian twist, the drafters of the bill, which is being called the law "Against the Rehabilitation of Nazism," have said they modeled it on the various forms of Holocaust-denier legislation that exists in Austria, Germany, Belgium and France. But critics point out that the law banning denial of the Holocaust is designed to protect the memory of the Jews and other ethnic groups killed by Nazi forces and their supporters. Russia's new bill, however, would stop anyone reexamining a history fraught with half-truths and lies propagated by the Soviet government, then carried into the present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia Moves to Ban Criticism of WWII Win | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

...dining hall by yourself right now. BURNED!!!Anywho, I think one of the most important things I’ve picked up here in the 02138, something I’ll carry with me all my life, is how to put a positive, life-affirming twist on this maxim of “all in the game” and live by that motto. As we close out this school year, it is my humble hope that this knowledge will be enriching for your life as well. Here’s an added bonus: inserting the phrase...

Author: By H. max Huber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking It to the House: A Fond Farewell | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...broke into accounts by convincing people to click on links posted on their profile walls. Another common Facebook scam is to hack someone's account and then send messages to friends asking for money (like the old Nigerian businessman scam, but with a hey-it's-your-old-pal twist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Downside of Friends: Facebook's Hacking Problem | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

Amongst the cavalcade of colored sneakers and couture eyeglass frames, Sabrina Chou ’09 makes her presence felt with an effortless twist of red fabric. A Senior VES concentrator living in Quincy, Chou, known to some only as “bow girl,” is currently working on her thesis, entitled “Standard Operating Procedure.” The project explores the reductive nature of the process of production through art. The centerpiece is an exhibit, opening this Thursday in the Sert Café, in which many “toolkits?...

Author: By Alexander J. Ratner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sabrina Chou ’09 | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...plenty of brawling hockey players but not nearly enough bloody conflicts, so the lads head to the Lower 48 to fight in the Civil War, both World Wars and Vietnam. Logan can channel his aggressions into wartime heroism; Victor just likes killing and maiming people. It's a little twist on the role of the stern, violent brother Schreiber played in Defiance a few months back, except this time he's got fangs and great big claws and his enemies aren't Nazis but anyone weaker than he - which is just about everyone, possibly including his baby sib. (Hollywood sequels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wolverine: There Ain't No Sanity Claws | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

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