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...talk show on Baghdadi TV, an Iraqi satellite channel. Only Arabic books line the bookshelves in the living room; Alaa and his roommate, Ali Hamad, an ophthalmologist from Baghdad, barely speak English, let alone the language of the country in which they have sought refuge. As he welcomes a visitor with the typical Iraqi drink of sugared mint tea, Alaa laughs. "This is Little Iraq," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweden: A haven from war confronts the price of generosity | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

...people whose presence makes life decidedly awkward, uncomfortable, or worse. Like room inspectors, who leave us with a handful of pop tarts and no toaster oven. Or arsonists, larcenists, and on unannounced Saturday morning visits, Mom. Luckily, we have a system that makes it easy to keep out unwanted visitors. First, campus-wide swipe card access ensures that only Harvard affiliates can get into student houses. And second, thanks to the vastly underappreciated invention of the lock and key, only we and our roommates can walk right into our personal suites. Well, we, our roommates, and Dorm Crew. The beauty...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Unwelcome Visitors | 2/25/2007 | See Source »

...pronounced ace). "He always warmly embraces Evita whenever she meets him. We respect each other's theaters." And the clergyman isn't Evita's only admirer. The walls of the foyer are plastered with thank-you letters penned by the apartheid era's superstars. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a regular visitor to Darling (he takes his wife there for their anniversary), writes: "We need you to continue to hold a mirror to our human condition." Alongside are affectionate faxes from the debonair '80s Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha, and photos of "the couple" going hunting. "During the '80s, I started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life's a Cabaret | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...September Frank wrote Straus of his dilemma: he couldn't get a U.S. visa within the Netherlands, yet leaving the country was impossible without some kind of visa. So he presented plan B: to try for a Cuban visitor's visa, a costly and complicated process. Another letter hinted at Frank's intention: instead of going to Cuba, he could use a Cuban visa to enter a neutral country, such as Spain or Portugal, to score a U.S. visa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Otto Frank's Hunt for a Visa | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...green stalk [on the strawberry] is indeed the 'L'," Google spokesperson Laura Ainsworth wrote in reply to a quizzical site visitor. "This is a new and edgy design and I think it looks fab - I hope you agree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Was Google Thinking? | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

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