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IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Paul McFedries	Game On Video games are increasingly being marketed to and, yes, played by, adults. One indicator that video games are growing up is the new academic field of ludology, which is devoted to the study of all games, but video games in particular.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Living in the Lap of Luxuries All the things we think we can't live without: Thinking about whether you consider your car a necessity or a luxury can help ward off the temptation to escalate your needs.
Smithsonian February 2007	Boys' Life Adapted from the book The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson: In 1950s Des Moines, childhood was unsupervised, unregulated and robustly physical.
Smithsonian February 2007 Whitney Dangerfield	India's Holiest City At Varanasi, Hindu pilgrims come to pray -- and to die -- along the sacred Ganges River.
Smithsonian February 2007 Cardiff de Alejo Garcia	Thailand's Fight Club Inside the little-known, action-packed world of Muay Thai boxing.
ifeminists January 18, 2007 Darrin Albert	Musings on Masculism Men are conditioned, via the male gender role, to be fearless. And in this struggle to meet such a lofty expectation, one can't help but wonder how many men don't measure up and feel the impending pressure therein.
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007	They're Muslims, And Yankees, Too A book examines the duality of Muslim-American life.
ifeminists January 3, 2007 Wendy McElroy	Judge's Book Fans Flames of Culture War In Missouri Circuit Court Judge Robert H. Dierker's book The Tyranny of Tolerance, Dierker makes some solid points but they will be lost in the circus that passes for political discussion these days. It is a circus Dierker has invited.
Smithsonian January 2007 Cate Lineberry	Today's Tattoos Tattoo trends from the East and West Coasts: 1. Flowers... 2. Lettering... 3. Symbols... 4. Religion... 5. Skulls... 6. Japanese designs... etc.
Smithsonian January 2007 Paul Raffaele	Extreme Polo There are no holds barred at the annual polo grudge match in northwest Pakistan's "land of mirth and murder."
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