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...William Lo, investing in a thoroughbred racehorse is comparable to buying a vintage Bordeaux. An executive for a Hong Kong-based chain of fashionable clothing stores, Lo has been dabbling in both assets for the better part of a decade, and he samples the nose of his wines with the same enthusiasm he reserves for cheering on his charger as it storms a nose ahead. But he knows there's one big difference: "At least with wine," says Lo, "there's a good chance of getting your money back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hobby Horses | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...bulimic. No one can put away bouillabaise like that. 10. Hermione has a unibrow, but her “magic” skills (read: tweezers and makeup!) fixed that. 11. Ginny can be sweet and nasty... 12. Ron has a soft spot for bad cheese and cheap boxed wine. 13. George’s real name is Georgina. 14. Dudley liked his tail. He thought it was sexy. 15. Harry has scabies. He did have sex with a horse, you know. Whoops, that was Daniel Radcliffe...

Author: By Synne D. Chapman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Other Harry Potter Secrets | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...orange tape and big holes in the yard are the work of Anthropology 1130, a hands-on archaeology class looking for the foundations of Harvard’s Indian College. So far, the 42 students enrolled in “Archaeology of Harvard Yard” have unearthed shellbuttons, wine bottles, pipestems, bits of Chinese porcelain, and (surprise!) plenty of brick. The most exciting discovery to date are small pieces of printing tile that may have been used to produce the first Bible printed in North America. “It’s so easy when you?...

Author: By Kirsten E.M. Slungaard, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Can You Dig It? | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...their advice for future evacuations. Their responses read like poetry, and you won't find most of them on any Red Cross checklist: my own pillow, Sudoku, shoes other than flip-flops, solar-powered garden lights, cat litter (for the humans), the kids' immunization records, the good bottles of wine we were saving for special occasions, and Xanax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What to Save From a Fire | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

Beer is more diverse than wine, and a better value for money. But its myriad advantages—its deliciousness, its nutritional-content, its social lubrication value—are too often taken for granted. There are thousands of delicious varieties on the market, and the Queen’s Head has done well to expose Harvard students to a few more of them...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles and Emma M. Lind | Title: A Beer a Day… | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

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