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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...now—smelly, dirty, disheveled—a real loser. It’s the middle of November. You’ve been working hard, so hard that you forget to do basic things like brush your teeth. Your blue jeans are stiff from six continuous weeks of wear, and your Harvard hoodie reeks of curry chicken, last night’s preferred dinner option. Rather than wash it you spray on another layer of cologne. You smell like a stale perfume sample in Vanity Fair and your once smooth complexion is rough with stubble and acne...

Author: By William L. Adams, HIGH SOCIETY | Title: Bah, Humbug! | 12/8/2004 | See Source »

...level of comfort around this time, when they were allowed to move into their own homes, they were still subject to constant surveillance, beatings and, occasionally, torture. For example, according to Jenkins, in the summer of his first year teaching, the short-sleeve shirts he began to wear to class with the warmer weather revealed an old tattoo on his left forearm: an infantry insignia of crossed rifles above the inscription U.S. ARMY. Officials deemed the tattoo unacceptable, and Jenkins was carted off to a hospital. A doctor, he claims, cut the flesh bearing the offending words from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long Mistake | 12/6/2004 | See Source »

...government should pay civil servants a batik allowance." ZAINAL RAMPAK, president of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress, complaining about a new rule stipulating that the country's 800,000 civil servants must wear traditional batik clothing to work on Saturdays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 12/6/2004 | See Source »

Supporters chant “We want Moore” across campus. His canvassers wear ties around their head to emphasize Moore’s promise to “Ty In Everybody.” His website address is moorechange.com...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs and Eduardo E. Santacana, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Outsider Seeks Student Focus | 12/6/2004 | See Source »

Brianne Boyd, who plays the role of Ruth, echoed her sentiments: “The group as a whole is so into putting on the show and making it something to be proud of. I know I’ll be proud enough to wear an eyepatch and pirate hat to class—and I don’t even go to Harvard...

Author: By Jessica Berger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Pirates’ Sets Sail This Weekend | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

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