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Critics have compared author Curtis Sittenfeld to Salinger and Plath. But her novel Prep, about boarding school, pegs her as a name to watch in her own right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAKE TIME FOR ... | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

...become positively democratic. Businessmen get nipped and tucked to win promotions; other people, just to look hot. And there are plenty of other ways that we augment nature, medically, technologically and financially. The elderly can extend their sex lives beyond what God and their grandchildren imagined. Kids take expensive prep courses to ace tests that are supposed to measure inborn aptitude. Short but healthy children are given human growth hormone for their self-esteem. Adults take Ritalin to sharpen their senses. Pop singers have their vocals, ahem, "sweetened" with additional recorded tracks. Yet no one is threatening legislation against Ashlee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Is Your Nation on Steroids | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...become positively democratic. Businessmen get nipped and tucked to win promotions; other people, just to look hot. And there are plenty of other ways that we augment nature, medically, technologically and financially. The elderly can extend their sex lives beyond what God and their grandchildren imagined. Kids take expensive prep courses to ace tests that are supposed to measure inborn aptitude. Short but healthy children are given human growth hormone for their self-esteem. Adults take Ritalin to sharpen their senses. Pop singers have their vocals, ahem, "sweetened" with additional recorded tracks. Yet no one is threatening legislation against Ashlee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Is Your Nation on Steroids | 12/13/2004 | See Source »

...PBHA president, John B. King ’96, garnered much praise by founding and sustaining Roxbury Prep, a charter school in the Mission Hill area...

Author: By Nina M. Catalano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dude, she is so set. | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

...Uber prep: many may bemoan the homogeny of popped collars, but Christopher Bailey couldn’t get enough in his collection for Burberry Prorsum. Try to switch up a bit with popped collars under sweaters, a t-shirt over a popped polo, or the inimitable double polo...

Author: By Adam P. Schneider, | Title: Chiffon and Cowboy Boots | 12/2/2004 | See Source »

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