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...movie has a carload of gay jokes, which is odd, since John and Jeremy's bonding is, well, not exactly homoerotic, more like the intimacy of college-prankster soul mates--fratonic. They may want to have sex with strangers, but they most enjoy being a team. And the most heartfelt I-love-yous the guys say are to each other. The script's burden is to pry the buddies apart and get them to chase women meaningfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: We Now Pronounce You ... | 7/10/2005 | See Source »

...attacks turn out to be acts of terrorism, they would be Europe's first using toxic chemicals, experts say. Police have yet to make any arrests. Forensic psychiatrist Svetozár Droba says the absence of claims of responsibility afterward suggests the work of a psychopath or prankster. "It most likely wasn't a terrorist," he says. "But we cannot rule out that this was a test for a much worse attack to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Chemical Dry Run? | 10/3/2004 | See Source »

...claim responsibility?and promised to kill Hasina within seven days. Last Friday, Bangladeshi authorities began questioning a man they suspected of sending the e-mail from a cybercaf?, but political analysts are unsure whether he is suspected of being a member of a terrorist group or is just a prankster. As for Hasina, she questions the government's capacity to conduct a proper inquiry and is asking for an international probe into the bomb blasts. While they grope for clues, security experts agree that the attack, with its use of hand grenades instead of crude, homemade bombs, shows how brazen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Democracy is Shaken | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

George A. Plimpton ’48, the literary critic and legendary prankster who launched his career at the Harvard Lampoon, died on Sept. 5 at his Manhattan apartment...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Memoriam | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...guard at a medium-security Virginia prison, where his wife Martha also works. His uncle William Lawson describes him as "very laid back" and "a practical joker." Shoemaker-Davis sees him as a "tough guy," used to being in charge: "He has a very strong personality. He's a prankster and likes to do your typical rude guy things. He's quite the belcher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Inside Abu Ghraib: Why Did They Do It? | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

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