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...toothy film star. But then the hattifatteners appear - mute, sock-like animals that grow from seeds and chase after electric storms. There's the discovery of a chestful of swearwords (they have legs) and, at one point, the gentle Moomin is forced by hunger to kill and roast a wild pig. Here is where Jansson's weird but true world begins; where fear, loneliness and insecurity are banished by love and the force of imagination. - By Michael Brunton

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Best | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

...only thing wilder than the Wild West, it turns out, was the appetite of civilized capitalism. Gerald McRaney was a captivating villain as George Hearst, the mining magnate and misanthrope who brutally assimilated the gold-rush camp in this expertly written work of sagebrush Shakespeare. (No other TV show is so wonderful just to listen to, swear words and all.) Backstage dealings have apparently denied the series a fourth season--an epilogue has been promised--but it rode into the sunset memorably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Best TV Shows | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

Zhang's team plans to raise the captive-bred population from 120 to 300 within 10 years. That would guarantee the species' survival for at least 100 years, increase the number of pandas that can be reintroduced into the wild and provide more specimens for lucrative loans to zoos around the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Year of Happy Pandamonium | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

Remember your parents’ baseball? Kids could once spend an afternoon at the ballpark on a whim and some pocket change. Now, they almost have to choose between paying for a ticket and paying for college. Money in the game was running wild before, but the Red Sox’s splash has set an appalling new precedent that all fans will come to rue. Well done, baseball; you are managing to take the nation out of the national pastime...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: The $103.1-Million Ticket | 12/15/2006 | See Source »

Favorite Movie: "The Departed" Favorite Song: Shakira--"Hips Don't Lie" Favorite TV Show: Colbert Report/Daily Show Favorite Medical TV Show: Grey's Anatomy Favorite Book: "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life" by Kaavya Viswanathan '08 Percentage of people who say they don't read: 30% [the same percentage that said "Opal Mehta" was their favorite book] Favorite Mainstage Show: American Grace Favorite Harvard Performance: H.M.S. Pinafore Average number of times per semester a Harvard student goes to the theater: 5 Favorite Fashion Trend: Ballet Flats Band students most want to play here...

Author: By The crimson arts staff , CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POLL 2006 | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

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