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...Such moments of poignancy were there from the moment Jackson was carried into the auditorium, in a flower-draped casket on the backs of his brothers, to the sounds of stirring gospel music. While the casket appearance was not a total surprise, the effect on the audience was one of awe. Before a voice shouted, "I love you, Michael," the auditorium was positively still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paris Jackson's Heartfelt Goodbye | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...authors found, but too often forgo it as a result. Meanwhile, the middle class has spent the past 2½ decades - during which the divorce culture became a fact of life - turning weddings into overwrought exercises in consumer spending, as if by just plunking down enough cash for the flower girls' dresses and tissue-lined envelopes for the RSVP cards, we can somehow improve our chance of going the distance. Think of the touching moments on Inauguration Night, when at ball after ball, crowds of young people swooned at the sight of Barack and Michelle Obama dancing together, artlessly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Hope for the American Marriage? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

...Edward Jones financial advisor. The couple plans to wed on June 6 of next year, but have yet to decide if they will be married in Massachusetts or in Texas. Donahue said it will likely be a “kind of weird wedding” with multiple flower girls, male bridesmaids, and lots of bright colors. The pair described themselves as very affectionate and recalled one instance in which they were “clingy” while riding the T together. When Mancuso got off before Donahue, both said, “I love...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Emily D. Donahue ’09 and Greg J. Mancuso | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...know that ‘Yale sucks’ is the most widely used English phrase in Thailand? Did you know that one time, Yale decided to do something cool and it failed? Did you know that I went to Yale once, farted, and I killed the one flower that was living there? Did you know that if you spell Yale backwards, it spells Elay, which is Turkish for butt nugget? I heard this story from a senior who graduated a couple of years back. He was talking to me about how it was before, in the time...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: No Place for Yale In Wally’s World | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

...prestigious ellerslie international Flower Show, held in March in Christchurch, New Zealand, locally born Crusaders and All Blacks scrum-half Andy Ellis did something that rugby players aren't generally known for: he picked up a gardening award. He had help from landscape-architect mate Danny Kamo, and the theme of his silver-winning entry - cricket, beer and outdoor pursuits - was all macho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When You're in Christchurch | 5/28/2009 | See Source »

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