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...fiends who for reasons not worth explaining are looking to kill her. It's possible, as many commentators have suggested, that the chivalrous Edward is a teenage girl's dream date: not just sophisticated and powerful but tender and soulful, he's the 100-Year-Old Virgin, able to wait a century till he finds his soulmate, his conscience a constant chaperone that keeps things from getting out of hand. As my colleague Lev Grossman put it, "It's never quite clear whether Edward wants to sleep with Bella or rip her throat out or both, but he wants something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mother-Daughter Twilight Obsession | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...departments wait with bated breath for an uncertain future...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Meeting To Focus on Funds | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...purgatory of the Depository. Students’ ability to request excerpts from a book and then receive it after two business days from their computers represents a step forward in such accessibility. Removing delivery trucks from the equation also means that books might be accessible well before the stated wait of two business days, depending on how quickly a library can upload the work...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Scan and Deliver Does Just That | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...about throwing his weight around before he takes office. In that respect, the stalemate is a bit reminiscent of the economic crisis Franklin D. Roosevelt faced in 1932 as President-elect, says Brookings Institution historian Stephen Hess. While Roosevelt could have done more to step in, he chose to wait to take office and exercise his full power - making a clean break and effectively laying all the blame on the previous Administration of Herbert Hoover. As Jonathan Alter writes in his book The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, "Roosevelt wanted to make sure that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Dems' Drive to Aid Detroit Is Stalling Out | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...Whatever the problem, most teachers and administrators agree the status quo isn't working and that change can't come too soon. Announcing her plan last month, Rhee said, "Students cannot wait for accountable teachers while adults argue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tenure | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

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