Rat phobia: an irrational fear of rats. Those who have ever heard the hair-raising squeaks and the taunting scamper of an unwelcome rat in one's apartment or swimming pool understand this so-called "irrational" fear of rats.
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What does it take to make a great summer movie? Is it a family vacation gone wrong? Toes in the sand and a wide blue horizon?
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What do the pop styling of Avril Lavigne, the righteous voice of U2, and the indie pop goodness of The Postal Service all have in common?
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In Hollywood's latest romantic comedy, "License to Wed," Rev. Frank, Robin Williams, makes engaged couples pass a pre-marriage course before they're allowed to walk down the aisle.
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Amid the reverberation of a gun blast and the crashing of bullets within a film, it often seems that a moral, or perhaps a founding idea or principle should exist as justification for the purpose of killing a gaggle of bad guys. Without such guiding ideology, that staple of American cinema known as the action film would be reduced to a Tarantino-esque blood-bath and yet, in the instant that men begin to fall for a purpose, the audience is captivated with coursing adrenaline and a rapidly beating heart.
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Boys, get out your girl-pants and black bandanas. Girls, put on your black eyeliner and grab some checkered Converse boat shoes.
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It feels like I've been here a lot longer than just three weeks. I'm settled in at work and in Austin. I actually gave somebody directions over the phone twice this week! It's like I've lived here for years. Well, maybe not years, but long enough to really get into the swing of things.
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I've completed my first month working for an Indie record label in Austin. This is basically the halfway point of my summer internship. I already feel like this experience has been totally worth all of the work.
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As Ann, Vanessa Redgrave, comes to the end of her life, she tries to find some closure to her sordid past.
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There were no bars or restaurants - not even plumbing or electricity.
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Throughout the biblical ages of old, God has revealed himself to both the powerful and the powerless, the great and the meek.
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Erin Smith walked down the aisle toward her nervous but excited soon-to-be-husband.
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