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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...going to call your PAF with those “urgent” concerns? Upperclassmen—still want to be a PAF? If you’ve already broken one (or more) of these rules, congratulations on escaping the wrath of the Ad Board. But it might be wise to hit up BC or Tufts the next time you crave some one-on-one instruction...

Author: By Signe C. W. Conway, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Schooled in the Ways of Harvard Love | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

...Wise decision by Amaker to put on the second unit. We've got Fitzgerald, Carey, and Cem Dinc, the Turkish-German enigma all on the floor. Housman, however, is running the floor. (Keep in mind he played 36 out of 40 minutes last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Men's Hoops vs. Columbia | 2/16/2008 | See Source »

...because of the threat of suicide bombers, it is because the people are not taking interest. They know the problem will remain. You know it's like the story of the dead carcass of an animal that fell into the village well. The villagers ask the local wise man how do you purify the waters, and he says take out 40 buckets of water. Still the water was polluted, so he said take out another 40 buckets. It didn't make a difference because the carcass remained there. So as long as the problem remains, the water will stay polluted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with a Lawyerly Rabble-Rouser | 2/16/2008 | See Source »

...movie that attempts a sophisticated take on romance has turned out to be strained and witless. All the successful recent comedies (The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Wedding Crashers, Knocked Up, to name three) have tended toward the raunchy end of the spectrum. It's as if Hollywood's wise guys have recognized that middle-class American life is just too complicated, perhaps even too inherently miserable, to get an intelligent handle on. You can't quite treat it as a tragedy, but you can turn to its first cousin - farce - and have some profitable fun with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Film Definitely, Maybe Is Kinda Okay | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

...that the mainstream media don't understand about you and conservative talk radio? A. I don't think they understand why I do it. I treat it as a business. My definitions for success have nothing to do with who wins elections but, rather, Is the program growing audience-wise, are we attracting new sponsors? In terms of the content, I just come here and try to have fun every day. I don't say outrageous things I don't believe just to get people in a tizzy. I have the benefit of not having anybody telling me what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Insider | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

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