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Currier, Leverett, and Pforzheimer have already sought to whet the appetite of freshmen with videos ranging from musical homages to “C-Haus,” to an extended rant from Adolf Hitler about the pains of living in Adams...

Author: By Tyler G. Hale, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HoCos Gear Up for Annual Housing Day | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...Jordanians say that in December, al-Balawi requested an urgent meeting with the CIA and his Jordanian go-between, Captain Sharif Ali bin Zeid, reportedly a relation of the royal Jordanian family. To whet their appetite, al-Balawi dangled a tantalizing piece of information: he claimed to have "some information" on the whereabouts of al-Zawahiri, these sources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIA Bomber Was No Double Agent, Say Jordanians | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...right? If you bring Hamas into the political process and it acquiesces in a peace deal, will it abandon its dreams of eradicating Israel or not? Will Palestinian statehood moderate Hamas - by making it invested in the status quo - or - simply whet its appetite for more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hamas: U.S. Diplomacy's Final Frontier | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...luxury cars down 24% in the U.S., about the only place you'll see a Porsche these days is in the car-maker's new museum in Stuttgart. You can goggle at 80 historic vehicles and watch technicians at work on customers' classic cars. If the pretty putt-putts whet your appetite, check out the on-site gourmet restaurant, Christophorus, and the cigar bar. Porscheplatz 1, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen; for reservations at Christophorus, dial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion Week's Couture Tea Cakes and Other Travel News | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...year" to facilitate meetings with decision-makers. When questioned by the reporter about that fee, Taylor says: "That's cheap for what I do for them. . .I am not exaggerating. It's whether I want to do it or not. You've got to whet my appetite, to get me to come on board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lords for Hire? Scandal Rocks U.K. Parliament | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

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