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A yawning hole in all our pockets
ft.com –
2008-12-26
Published: December 26 2008 12:05 | Last updated: December 26 2008 12:05 F or Rip Van Winkle, 20 years. For Woody Allen's character in the 1973 film Sleeper , 200 years. ... Full Article
Science of sex
latimes.com –
2008-02-11
AS they seek to document and demystify one of life's great thrills, scientists have run across some real head-scratchers. How, for example, can they explain the fact that some men and women who are paralyzed and numb below the waist... ... Full Article
Pleasure at the push of a button
latimes.com –
2008-02-11
Dr. Stuart Meloy never set out to study orgasms. It was an accident. He was in the operating room one day in 1998, implanting electrodes into a patient's spine to treat her chronic leg pain. ... Full Article
Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist
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2007-01-01
From the very beginning, mainstream movies have often been set in a future world that exhibits many of the ills found in the contemporary. This allows the film to adopt a critical stance but without risking a confrontation with the... ... Full Article
THE headlines about food this year read like a remarkable replay of Woody Allen 's "Sleeper," in which the things Americans think they should eat more of - lettuce and spinach - were suddenly the ones that could make them... ... Full Article
Inventory: 13 Seriously Scary Album Covers
avclub.com –
2006-10-20
With a name like Cannibal Corpse and songs titled "Edible Autopsy," "Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains," and "A Skull Full Of Maggots" (among others), you'd better bring it on the album cover. ... Full Article
Matthew Vincent is the personal finance editor of the Financial Times. In this role, he edits the Weekend Money section and presents the FT Money Show podcast, as well as writing for the daily newspaper and FT Wealth magazine. ... Full Article