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Don’t Be A Stranger

image by imp kerr Social media keep old friends close, but the Web used to be for strangers The Internet of 2006 was not much different than it is today, mainly less: a bit slower, sparser, less open…
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2774 words)

Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax

Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, the stories said, played this season under a terrible burden. A Mormon linebacker who led his Catholic school's football program back to glory,…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3717 words)

Good Will Hunting: An Oral History

Fifteen years after the release of the movie that made them stars, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck—along with the rest of the cast and crew—reflect in their own words on how a long-shot film…
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5338 words)

Literally

Illustration by Jeanne Detallante. “She’s always late!” the sixteen-year-old sobbed. She’d set up the ironing boar
PUBLISHED: Dec. 3, 2012
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4970 words)

What Isn’t for Sale?

There are some things money can’t buy—but these days, not many. Almost everything is up for sale. For example: • A prison-cell upgrade: $90 a night. In Santa Ana, California, and…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2385 words)
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