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    <created-at>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:00:44 -0700</created-at>
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    <title>How To Score At Your College Graduation Party</title>
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      <![CDATA[Get your diploma and get lucky, all in the same day.]]>
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        <![CDATA[A way to get into a party]]>
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        <![CDATA[Patience]]>
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        <title>Look hot</title>
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          <![CDATA[Look hot. If ever there was a time to make sure you’re looking good, this is it.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Look hot. If ever there was a time to make sure you’re looking good, this is it.</p>]]>
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        <title>Find out where your crush will be</title>
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          <![CDATA[Find out where your crush will be on graduation night. Chances are, it will be at a party. Make sure you get yourself in there, too--by scoring an invite, bribing someone to take you, or just crashing.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Find out where your crush will be on graduation night. Chances are, it will be at a party. Make sure you get yourself in there, too&#8212;by scoring an invite, bribing someone to take you, or just crashing.</p>]]>
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        <title>Show up with friends</title>
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          <![CDATA[Arrive at the post-graduation party with at least two other people; if one is an attractive member of the opposite sex, even better!]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Arrive at the post-graduation party with at least two other people; if one is an attractive member of the opposite sex, even better!</p>]]>
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        <title>Offer your congratulations</title>
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          <![CDATA[Break the ice by congratulating your crush, then start planting some “it’s now or never” seeds by talking about how much you’re going to miss seeing them around campus. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Break the ice by congratulating your crush, then start planting some “it’s now or never” seeds by talking about how much you’re going to miss seeing them around campus.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Toss in a line about how a wise man once said that it’s not the things we do in life that we regret, so much as the things we _don’t_ do.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Toss in a line about how a wise man once said that it’s not the things we do in life that we regret, so much as the things we <em>don’t</em> do.</p>]]>
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        <title>Compliment the person</title>
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          <![CDATA[Come prepared with a couple of compliments; studies show we’re suckers for them. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Come prepared with a couple of compliments; studies show we’re suckers for them.</p>]]>
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        <title>Play it cool</title>
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          <![CDATA[After your initial contact, go off to mingle with your friends. You don’t want to come across as desperate or clingy.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>After your initial contact, go off to mingle with your friends. You don’t want to come across as desperate or clingy.</p>]]>
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        <title>Suggest continuing the party elsewhere</title>
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          <![CDATA[When the party is winding down, invite some people—including your crush and all their friends—to your place for an after-party. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>When the party is winding down, invite some people—including your crush and all their friends—to your place for an after-party.</p>]]>
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        <title>Make your move</title>
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          <![CDATA[Now’s the time to make your move. Say you’ve had a major crush on them for the past whatever, and you can’t part ways without letting them know. By now, the sentimentality of the occasion, your sweetness and flattery, and their probable intoxication should all work in your favor. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Now’s the time to make your move. Say you’ve had a major crush on them for the past whatever, and you can’t part ways without letting them know. By now, the sentimentality of the occasion, your sweetness and flattery, and their probable intoxication should all work in your favor.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Nearly 40% of female college freshmen are virgins--and 31% of that group are still virgins by graduation!]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Nearly 40% of female college freshmen are virgins&#8212;and 31% of that group are still virgins by graduation!</p>]]>
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