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The end (of grad school) is near... off now to teach in cold Ithaca.
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Sep 14 '08 Review of the non-geek geek novel: The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Books Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Jul 05 '08 Wanted - or A Nietzschean uber-mensch shoots people in satisfying ways Wanted
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Jan 10 '08 Commander's Palace: A classy cosmopolitan cajun antidote to cookie cutter contemporary cooking Commander's Palace
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Restaurants & Gourmet Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Mar 27 '06 Mountains Beyond Mountains a biography by Tracy Kidder: Why anti-poverty crusader Paul Farmer irritated me Tracy Kidder - Mountains Beyond Mountains Books
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Books Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Nov 06 '05 What the Bleep: Innovative but superficial metaphysical excursion What the Bleep Do We Know?
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Movies Product Rating: 3.0    Very Helpful

Jun 18 '05 Joss Whedon's Firefly: the Platonic Space Western Ideal Firefly - The Complete Series
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

May 19 '05 Inept psychology, Interesting politics, Incredible worlds: Star Wars Ep. III Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Nov 28 '03 Neal Stephenson, my cyber-fictional platonic analogue: A Diamond Age Review Neal Stephenson - Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
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Books Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Jun 15 '03 Harper's Magazine: Highly informative, highly biased, quality magazine. Harper's Magazine Subscription
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Magazines & Newspapers Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Apr 12 '03 Better Luck Tomorrow: The seedier side of the model minority Better Luck Tomorrow
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Dec 30 '02 Bel Canto - a Novel: Immersive, magical, real paean about opera and terrorism Ann Patchett - Bel Canto: A Novel Books
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Books Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

May 16 '02 George Lucas: horrendous writer, mediocre director, legend of filmmaking – A Star Wars II review Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Sep 10 '01 Trinities, Unities and the Hegellian Dialectic: Mallrats Deconstructed Mallrats
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Movies Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Aug 31 '01 This one time, at band camp (a review of Blast! the Broadway musical?) Blast!
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Hotels & Travel Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Aug 29 '01 Those wacky boondock Brits: Part I (a Very Annie Mary review) Very Annie Mary
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Movies Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Aug 28 '01 Virgin Atlantic Airlines is psychedelic groovy. Yeah baby, yeah! Virgin Atlantic
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Aug 17 '01 I feel stupid. (or ego sentio bardus) The Invention of Love
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Hotels & Travel Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Aug 14 '01 The Others: horror and wit? [a review-let] Product information unavailable.
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Aug 13 '01 Original Sin: oddly satisfying though bad [a review-let] Original Sin
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Movies Product Rating: 3.0    Very Helpful

Aug 10 '01 Happy in Happy, Texas: or Ben's musings on the future of content [future_of_Hollywood_w/o] Happy, Texas
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Movies Product Rating: 3.0    Very Helpful

Aug 07 '01 Munitions in the war against policy by Anecdote (the Economist Magazine Pocket World in Figures) The Economist Pocket World in Figures 1998 (Economist) Airlines
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Books Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Aug 02 '01 The most shoplifted book at Barnes and Nobles (a review of Paul Auster’s Leviathan) Paul Auster - Leviathan
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Books Product Rating: 3.0    Very Helpful

Jul 27 '01 Bad puns are too easy for this disappointing movie (a review for The Score) Score
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Movies Product Rating: 2.0    Very Helpful

Jul 22 '01 Platonic Uncompromising Farce Writ Large (a Legally Blonde review) Legally Blonde
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Jul 21 '01 NYC 101: "These vagabond shoes" (a travel guide, in stereo?!) New York City
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Hotels & Travel Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Jul 17 '01 Gladiator is UNDERrated?! [Underappreciated film W/O] Gladiator
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Jul 16 '01 Final Fantasy: Plot and dialogue mediocre enough to not spoil the brilliant visuals. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
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Movies Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Jul 02 '01 China Grill, the David Carradine of fine dining China Grill
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Jun 29 '01 A.I.: Spielberg vs. Kubrick - A clash of titans (or Cogito Ergo Sum and more) A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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Movies Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Jun 27 '01 Vong: Jean-Georges’ hip French-Thai demesne Vong
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Restaurants & Gourmet Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Jun 26 '01 George Lucas, Mythmaker: a retrospective Star Wars Trilogy
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Jun 19 '01 Wall St. 102: If, Why, and How to get a job? What Should I Know About Recruiting and Interviewing?
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Jun 19 '01 Wall St. 101: What is an investment bank anyway? What Is a Brokerage?
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Jun 05 '01 Moulin Rouge: Post-Impressionistic Twenty-First Century Musical Gala (OR Lessons in Art and Music Appreciation) Moulin Rouge
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Jun 01 '01 Quilty’s in SoHo: Katy Sparks defines electrifying American food Quilty s
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May 31 '01 Lessons on Chinese dining-- A Case Study: Evergreen Shanghai Evergreen Shanghai - East 38th
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May 29 '01 Pearl Harbor : ________ as The Patriot : Braveheart Pearl Harbor
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May 24 '01 Artin is God (or This ain’t your father’s Algebra.) Michael Artin - Algebra
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Books Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

May 21 '01 Shrek: the Anti-Disney Fairy Tale Fails to Deliver Shrek
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Movies Product Rating: 3.0    Very Helpful

May 18 '01 Daytrippers: a delightful romp with indy regulars through New York, family life, and intellectual snobs. Daytrippers
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Movies Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

May 17 '01 McDonalds: Paragon of Globalization Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia
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Books Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

May 14 '01 Nova-The Proof: Fermat Andrew Wiles=The Real Thing. Mary Louise Parker, eat your heart out. Nova - The Proof
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

May 10 '01 Philosophical musings on self-esteem: A warning to parents How to Raise Teenagers
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May 08 '01 Ads for Intel Pocket Concert: (or Why I Like Banner Ads) Commercials
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May 08 '01 The Great Debate: Big mega-store vs Small corner-store Best Places to Shop for Books
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May 04 '01 An admirable first try at Chinese-American male storytelling The Barbarians Are Coming: A Novel Theater
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May 03 '01 Proof, a masterpiece of theatrical craftsmanship, but not much math Proof
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May 01 '01 MIT: A Survival Guide College Survival Tips
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May 01 '01 Opinion on the DVD format Bring It On
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Movies Product Rating: 4.0    Helpful

Apr 24 '01 Indispensable tool for all your city info needs (now with Maps!) Vindigo
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  Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Apr 23 '01 Unassuming 9th avenue ethnic dive: a delight in every way (Confessions of a vindigo junkie) Turkish Cuisine
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Apr 19 '01 HBO's rendition with Emma Thompson: a witty masterpiece Margaret Edson - Wit: A Play
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Books Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Apr 18 '01 Conduit of the Wonders that make life worth living Smithsonian Magazine
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Apr 18 '01 Finally, something for the scientifically literate non-expert American Scientist Magazine
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Magazines & Newspapers Product Rating: 4.0    Helpful

Apr 18 '01 How to get a PhD: Applying to Grad School How to Apply to College
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Education n/a    Very Helpful

Apr 17 '01 Zap... you have been transported to MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Education Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Apr 17 '01 Ugly Duckling takes incredible pictures Nikon COOLPIX L6 Digital Camera
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Electronics Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Apr 11 '01 Matlock meets Medieval Theology Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose
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Books Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Mar 20 '01 Quaint town, great snow adventures. Cortina d'Ampezzo
in Ski Resorts
Hotels & Travel Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Mar 05 '01 Impressionistic, transporting, fanciful vision of the duality of man Malena
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Feb 14 '01 Great movie, (next time, hold the bias) Contender
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Movies Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Feb 12 '01 A comic book masterpiece that enlightens all of art. Scott McCloud - Understanding Comics
in Books
Books Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Feb 09 '01 Cinematic masterpiece, but not quite up to the hype Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Movies Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

Feb 09 '01 Google is great but Overrated Google
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Online Stores & Services Product Rating: 4.0    Very Helpful

Feb 01 '01 Best Insights into the Cyber Mindset Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
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Books Product Rating: 5.0    Very Helpful

      

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