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...very tough. It was a Texas prison. It is a very straight-up, hard, full-out high-security prison. It was not fun at all, but it was a good lesson, and it allowed me time to wake up from being a junkie, which I think is a worse prison than being in prison because you carry it around with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock Survivor | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...revealing that even in the wake of Kim's nuclear detonation, most Chinese in places like Dandong regard their neighbor with pity more than fear. On the highway leading out of the city, a farmer sits astride a brand-new bright blue motorbike and waits as a fruit seller packs up three large bundles of apples and pears. "I'll take this down to the river tonight, and the North Koreans will be there to trade as usual," he says. He says he swaps the fruit for sheets of copper, most probably stolen, usually one piece of fruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Beijing is so Reluctant to Cut off Trade with North Korea | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

Forget immigration, lobbyists, and even pages—this is the real story of how we became everything that we hated in 1994. Worst of all, most Republicans won’t even acknowledge that the problem exists. Let’s hope November is a really loud wake-up call...

Author: By Stephen E. Dewey | Title: Party of Denial | 10/20/2006 | See Source »

...Such comprehensive oversight is perhaps the biggest loss the tech crew has faced in the wake of Symonds’ death...

Author: By Mary A. Brazelton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tech Shake Up | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

...titular “Queen,” Elizabeth II, is unable to apprehend the country’s grief in the wake of Princess Diana’s death. Even when the extent of the country’s passion for Diana becomes clear, Elizabeth assumes that hiding her family and her emotions is necessary if she is to keep the country’s respect. In fact, her actions increase the Prime Minister’s power and almost instigate the dissolution of the monarchy. She no longer understands her country and is supplanted...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Uneasy Lies the Leader’s Crown | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

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