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...temptation to embroider an anecdote is nearly universal. Did Uncle Charlie really parade around the house stark naked when he got drunk that time, or did he just strip to his underwear? Did it really snow 3 ft. in half an hour during that storm last winter? It's a long way from this to imagining that you were adopted by wolves during the Holocaust, but you can sort of get what Defonseca is driving at when she says in her defense that the yarn "is not actually reality, but my reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Old Story | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...serve the public interest. The requirement is not just an intriguing concept; it is the law. When broadcasters air an intensely violent premium-cable program like Dexter, in which the protagonist is a sociopathic serial killer, the public interest is not served; it is assaulted. Tim Winter, President, Parents Television Council, LOS ANGELES...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...decision is a light at the end of the tunnel for acting Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam, who told The Crimson earlier this winter how “content, relaxed, and happy” his predecessor Gross looks, months after being relieved of the burdens of the office...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Search That Ended At Hammonds Was Long, Deliberative | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...pasta. In response to higher food prices, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) has begun to phase out several menu items in favor of cheaper, less healthful alternatives. Given the way that HUDS’ budget is determined, its constraints are understandable. The board rate is negotiated in the winter prior to the school year, forcing HUDS to get creative in light of rising food prices. Although HUDS inevitably has to make cuts in the short term, HUDS has employed backward logic in deciding which items to cut. Its solution to recent budget constraints poses a serious threat to students?...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Case of the Vanishing Food | 3/4/2008 | See Source »

...troops and 100 armored vehicles, backed by helicopter gunships, jet-fighters and drones, has encouraged some military planners to think that an even bigger offensive into the enclave of 1.5 million Palestinians could be mounted without causing unacceptable casualty levels. One senior officer told TIME that "Operation Warm Winter" succeeded in cordoning off more than 40,000 people inside Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp, without encountering heavy resistance from Hamas and other militant groups. The Israelis say they arrested more than 30 militants in Jabaliya, and found large arms caches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaza Clashes Cloud Rice's Trip | 3/4/2008 | See Source »

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