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...like the abrasively direct ads for tinctures and cleaning products at the beginning of the advertising age, our self-branding is none too subtle. We are a blunt lot, in our bikinis and our demands that our friends go right now to check out our blog postings. We've gone 40 years back, to sales tactics predating irony, self-deprecation and actual modesty. We are, as a social network, all so awesome that we will soon not be able to type the number 1, because we will have worn out the exclamation point that shares...
...make a bet with Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman that they would have to pay you $10,000 if you were still single when you turned 40? -Jeremy Salmon, Binghamton, N.Y.Yes, I won that bet. They paid up. When Nicole sent me the check, I sent it back and said, "Send it to charity...
...experts say prosecutors enjoy wide latitude in deciding whom to charge in criminal cases. But according to Laurie Levenson, a former assistant U.S. Attorney and a prominent expert in legal ethics at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, there are limits. "Certainly prosecutors would face a professional obligation to check out or verify the allegations in this case," she says. "Not doing so would represent a potential abuse of prosecutorial discretion." The key, she adds, is whether prosecutors chose not to pursue evidence of criminal activity by Republicans because of political bias or a conflict of interest. Sometimes prosecutors have...
...students will engage in their health and learn about the best ways to protect themselves, whether they are sexually active or not. There are many confidential resources on campus that have information about safe sex—Peer Contraceptive Counselors, your doctor at UHS, and the complementary Harvard planner (check page 127!) are just some of them...
...wrong storefront and operating under limited hours—(the day starts at 2 in the afternoon, or occasionally, not at all)—Sabrina relies on paranormal forces to deliver clients. Drawing from a mixed crowd of students, the middle-aged, and the very elderly looking to check up on their life-line, Sabrina has found success in her mass-appeal and all encompassing answers (“do not worry, you will live a long life”). But the paranormal forces aren’t all giving. One expected customer is absent: Carmen Heller, the owner...