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...Royal Rooters used to sing to rouse the crowd back at the turn of the last century. Sox management unearthed the tune, and the story behind it, a year or two ago, and Dr. Charles-that?s Charles Steinberg, the magician of community relations for the Henry/Lucchino gang, the wizard behind the wonderful ring-presentation festivities at Fenway?s Opening Day-arranged for the Boston band Dropkick Murphys to make a new recording. It?s pretty good, but . . . I just don?t know. ?Tessie? belongs to everyone in the Nation, anyone with the ninety-nine cents to download it. ?Bunts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of the BLOHARDS | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

...best-selling book series in the world contains lines of dialogue like, “MURDER! MURDER IN THE BATHROOM!” and, “You are setting too much store by the prophecy!” (emphasis not added). Its main characters include a wise old wizard who enjoys alliterative aphorisms, pensive beard strokes, and—hold on to your copy of “Lord of the Rings”—sometimes carries a cane. The stories’ emotional climaxes tend to be accompanied by the sound of mermaids singing. And this...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dark Chapter Comes for ‘The Boy Who Lived’ | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

...sized RC9800i takes the frustration out of remote setup by asking you, in plain English, what you've got and what you want to do with it, and it all takes place right there on the remote's own screen-no PC needed. Once I was through with the wizard, the device sure enough could control all of the stuff in my home theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philips RC9800i Remote Control | 7/20/2005 | See Source »

...There are two more activity-based universal-remote options that every home theater junkie should know about. One is the newest Logitech Harmony (logitech.com/harmony), the 880, which at $250 is no lightweight. Its PC-or-Mac-wizard setup isn't as smooth as the Philips, but the results are even better: as luck would have it, the Harmony did know about the A, B and C buttons my cable box demands. A richer alternative is the Nevo SL from Universal Electronics Inc. It lists for $800. Though it's sold through custom installers, its programmability is not beyond patient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philips RC9800i Remote Control | 7/20/2005 | See Source »

Love is much more important to Rowling than magic. The real mystery, for her, is the human heart. She has always been more interested in the hand that wields the wand, the way the enchantment illuminates the wizard who casts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Love Potions and Tragic Magic | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

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