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What tends to scare people the most is the unexpected; the coffin in the middle of the room with a quivering lid catches your attention, while an actor lurks behind a draped archway off to the side. Though Hollywood-ish special affects and props can wow the crowd with goosebumps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Business of "Boo!" | 10/31/2006 | See Source »

Despite the cancellation, some undergraduates said the decision wasn’t unexpected.

Author: By Margaret W. Ho and Ying Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Tailgate's On, But Pre-Parties Off | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

Then there is Jared. Jared has it all. His idea is simple (weight loss), unexpected (weight loss by eating fast food), concrete (weight loss by eating fast-food subs), credible (his own account of weight loss by eating fast-food subs), emotional (his own triumphant account of weight loss by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Change Agents: Are You Sticky? | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady weren't looking for controversy. They just wanted to make a documentary in which they "explored faith through the eyes of a child," as Grady puts it. But their search for that true-believing youngster took them to Becky Fischer ("her name kept coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Fact To Friction | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

At the third house, Waddah was taken indoors, then down a flight of stairs and through a doorway and pushed roughly to the floor. He felt several kicks to his chest and thighs, followed by rapid- fire questions: What was his name? Where did he live? Where did he work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Disappeared of Iraq | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

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