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...young, blonde, attractive, and intelligent. You must be in school, preferably Tufts or Wellesley but BU and BC are acceptable (definitely not MIT). You should be able to hold a conversation, know when to be quiet, and polite in all your behavior. I have seen unruly guests embarrass members beforeā€¦This event is black-tie, and I am willing to procure an evening gown for you. I hate to sound so harsh, but I have expectations to live up to. No Black, Asian, overweight, or unattractive women please. Picture required...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine | Title: Discrimination? Here? | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

...Iraq. Now, after months recuperating at Walter Reed Hospital, Young is back home with his fiancee, annoyed by the mundane aspects of confinement: how, constantly, "my body shows how much it disagrees with me." He's about to be married, and is worried that his leaky bowels will embarrass him during the ceremony. At times, this gentle, articulate guy shows the pressure of a film crew's crowding presence. "You wanna film my fridge?" he asks Spiro. "What are we on, MTV Cribs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 9/11 at the Toronto Film Festival | 9/11/2007 | See Source »

...vehicles on the capital's sclerotic roads has doubled in the past five years, to 3 million. (By comparison, there are about 2 million vehicles registered in all of New York City.) But despite a grim pollution problem (Beijing air quality is among the world's worst) that could embarrass China during next summer's Olympic Games, the central government has made no move to curb vehicle purchases through regulation or taxes. And that, in turn, has made it harder for governments in the developed world to make progress in getting Beijing to do more to fight climate change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Me Generation | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...will the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigate scandals in Washington? -Dianne Twersky, new york cityOn a bipartisan basis, if possible. The way the Republicans handled their oversight was a good example of how not to behave. They became partisan by not looking at issues that might embarrass the Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Rep. Henry Waxman | 7/13/2007 | See Source »

...children are taught not to talk back to elders, which makes it harder for them to tell predatory relatives to stop or to report them. Asia values harmony, within families and society. A girl knows that to accuse an elder of touching her in the wrong places would embarrass her family and taint her as much as it would the offender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Parent Trap | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

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