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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...problem. Young men in uniform, eager to get home, dismissive or just plain ignorant of local customs and unable to express themselves with anything more than a vein-popping scream and a brandished machine gun. "You are f_____g around. Just f___ off!" a soldier yelled at an Iraqi who was trying to visit the regional governor's residence in Kirkuk last week. (Every Iraqi, sadly, already knows the F word.) "The American soldier is, please excuse the word, very high-handed," says Abu Mousa, a veteran Iraqi journalist. Much more worrisome: some Iraqis believe the U.S. troops are light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Occupational Hazards | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...watch a movie,” says Truelson, “you form connections with certain characters, and get emotionally involved in what happens to them. I asked myself: why don’t those same connections form with characters in video games?” In the same vein, the group is bent on increasing flexibility in video games. Games like the Mario Brothers series, in which the character follows a single linear path, give the player few options. The Legend of Zelda, however, allows the player to go wherever he or she wants in the game, and even...

Author: By Nicholas J. Reifsnyder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking on the (Virtual) Real World | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

Pappin explains that, in the vein of “Aristotelian-Thomistic” thought, any human action which fails “to fulfill a given end is immoral.” When it comes to our bodies, that end must be the creation of a new human being. Since homosexuality cannot do this, Pappin concludes it is therefore immoral and perverted...

Author: By Kenyon S. Weaver, KENYON S.M. WEAVER | Title: The Salient's True End | 5/21/2003 | See Source »

Build a snow penis—be sure to include a vein, and watch the honeys gather around it like monkeys...

Author: By Jacob Rubin, | Title: How To Get Play At Harvard College | 5/1/2003 | See Source »

Considering that none other than teen queen Britney Spears was one of Boomkat’s original supporters, it’s not surprising that some of her style has rubbed off on Boomkat. In the preteen chat-room vein of “I’m A Slave 4 U,” the brother-and-sister duo offer such classics as “B4 It’s 2 Late” and “What U Do 2 Me” on their debut album, Boomkatalog...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 4/25/2003 | See Source »

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