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...Maybe it's a mistake to ask who Bettie was, or what her underground eminence signifies. As Buck Henry writes: "The oft-told Betty Page story is peculiar - a morality tale with no discernible moral, not much plot, and a leading character who is at least elusive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Garbo of Bondage | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

...sounds like a great idea. NCAA Championships are inherently glamorous and oft-publicized, with CBS running highlight reels of most championships upon conclusion of the fall, winter, and spring seasons. All NCAA champions earn a trip to the White House and a handshake from President Bush...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tradition-Rich East Rejects NCAA Offer | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...Republicans on Capitol Hill a new reason to unify with the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Within days of the announcement on March 28 that Bolten would be taking over April 15, people close to the President reported that they had been consulted about a successor to McClellan. Other oft-mentioned possible replacements for McClellan are Dan Senor, former chief spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority and senior adviser to L. Paul Bremer III, who was the senior civilian administrator in Iraq; Trent Duffy, formerly McClellan?s deputy and now a consultant and television analyst; and Robert S. Nichols, formerly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the White House Reshuffling | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

This false notion was part of the reason I wanted to be a starting pitcher as opposed to an oft-used reliever, the type who pitches three or sometimes even four times a week...

Author: By Frank Herrmann, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BALLPARK FRANK: Surprise! Starting Pitchers Aren’t Sloths | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

...want to start this column with a shout-out to a small and oft-ignored subset of my readers. I don’t mean residents of Pfoho or my aunts down in New Jersey, though I’m glad they’re reading too. Instead, I want to acknowledge my as-of-this-writing-unborn grandchildren. I want to do this because it occurred to me recently that some day, as my distant kin are sitting in their dorm rooms in Allston looking out onto their gorgeous new student center (or, heaven forbid, envying it from somewhere...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Time to Reflect | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

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