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...while you’re pissing on my casket.” While Casablancas’ freewheeling tone adds a sense of fun not heard in his voice for several years, it doesn’t distract from the fact that the song never really moves anywhere. The same hook repeats for five minutes, without any substantial increase in excitement or drama...

Author: By Zachary N. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Julian Casblancas | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

Afer getting off the T from Harvard Square, I asked a Cambridge Police Officer for directions to Pandemonium, Central Square’s gaming hub. “Hook a left past the 7-Eleven. You going to play Dungeons & Dragons or something?” I responded no, that I was going to write about...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Dungeon | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...very identities are sexualized. As illustrated by “Harvard FML,” our newest and most embarrassing confessional outlet, hookups are messy, and college romance is messier. One cyber-girl moans, “All the guys I like always stop talking to me after we hook up. I feel like a classic ‘wham bam, thank you ma’am.’” If we are perplexed with organic chemistry and philosophy, then we are bewildered by sex, lust, love, and the specter of marriage...

Author: By Rachel L. Wagley | Title: Something More | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...professor of finance at Trinity College Dublin, has been one of the most vocal critics of the scheme. "We end up with a situation where we bail out shareholders and bondholders first, then deal with taxpayers, rather than the other way round," he says. "The taxpayers are on the hook anyway. The question is, What do they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Irish Angry Over Big Bailout of the Country's Banks | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...retort, Sarkozy created an uproar on a nationally televised interview by referring to the defendants in the case as "guilty," ignoring the presumption of innocence central to France's legal system. The people responsible for the smear, Sarkozy said earlier, should "hang ... on a butcher's hook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy and Villepin: A Tale of Two Classes | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

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