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...cursing their professors in slurred whispers. Having arrived optimistically the night before with a full head of steam, students find themselves trapped in a mist of boredom. They stand no chance in the stuffy atmosphere. Further soothed by a lullaby of turning pages and tapping keys, is it any wonder that Lamont’s midnight tenants yield to sleep? Could this, rather than Harvard’s natural exhibitionism, be the real reason behind Primal Scream? Come sub-zero temperatures, it is only natural that students should burst enthusiastically from their overheated study zone to engage in this animalistic...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel, | Title: Blowing Off Steam | 1/18/2006 | See Source »

...stars can expect to gain several kilos and drop several hundred euros. And prices are rising like one of L'Arpège's avocado pistachio soufflés. In 2001, the set menu there cost 1,200 francs (€185); now it's €420 per person - no wonder nice guys from Winnipeg weep into their pinot. OK, so I've been known to spend more on one meal than most would in a week. That's between me, my therapist and my accountant. The million-dollar question is, can it still be worth it? The short answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paying the Price for Art You Can Eat | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...wonder Andrew Lloyd Webber didn't beat them to it. In Thatcher: The Musical, opening next month in Britain, an all-female cast will sing its way through the life of former Prime Minister MARGARET THATCHER, 80. The Foursight Theatre troupe plans to tour the nation with Iron Lady--inspired ditties like The Cabinet Shuffle. Nothing says toe tapper like the champion of free markets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 23, 2006 | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...wonder a panel of linguists chose truthiness--a word popularized by faux anchorman Stephen Colbert to mean "the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true"--as 2005's word of the year. A Million Little Pieces is packed with truthiness the way Dunkin' Donuts' Latte Lite is packed with Splenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Memoirs | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...York City It's no wonder this city, with average overnight stays priced at $222, never sleeps. But at Times Square's Hotel QT, guests enjoy Egyptian-cotton sheets, a pool with an underwater sound system and rooms that start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boutique on a Budget | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

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