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...curious calculus, a riddle to be solved," said Kenneth E. Reeves '72, former mayor and city councillor. "Our intention is to improve Central Square without sweeping away the residents...
...tower windows looks out on the path linking Dunster and Mather with the rest of the world, a popular place for dog owners to walk their pets. Last Monday afternoon, I was taking a peaceful nap when suddenly a woman outside began shouting "No! Stop him! No, no, no!" Curious and concerned, I peered out and saw a large, mean-looking dog on top of a much smaller, furrier dog. Four men--several of whom appeared to be Harvard students--were pulling at the larger dog while the owner of the smaller animal stood by and screamed helplessly. A crowd...
...story on the reading renaissance in the U.S. He recently joined TIME as a contributor after spending three years as a book reviewer for New York magazine and has just completed his third work of fiction, a novel called Thumbsucker. As a critic, says Kirn, you're always curious as to whether anyone is following your advice or heeding your warnings. "People's reading habits are a murky subject," he says. "Unless you catch people in the act, you really have no idea of what's actually happening. There were times when I praised books to the sky and never...
...want to see the true America, Mike Bryan contends--and often proves --you have to bypass the blue highways and quaint backroads and hit the Interstate. This he does with the engagingly curious open-mindedness of a true odologist, riding in state-patrol cruisers equipped with "three different sirens--wail, yelp and hi-lo"--and cross-examining moteliers and roadside philosophers at places like the Wes-T-Go Truck Stop outside Abilene, Texas, not so far from where Lee Johnson shows off a half-million-dollar motor coach that does 1,500 miles to a tank...
This situation has already yielded a fight over Tiger, one that can perhaps be best understood in the context of a little thought experiment. Imagine that it's Sunday, April 13. Tiger has just won the Masters, and, curious observer that you are, you go around asking different people what they would like the headline to be in the newspapers the next day. Some would no doubt prefer "First African-American Wins the Masters." Others, on account of his mother's Thai origins, would like "First Man of Asian Descent Wins the Masters." Some in the younger set would probably...