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Though Cuban cigars are perhaps the world's most revered, the stogie probably didn't originate on the island. Cigar smoking first took hold elsewhere in the Americas-exactly where and when remains uncertain. A ceramic pot discovered in Guatemala that dates at least as far back as the 10th century depicts a Mayan puffing on tobacco leaves bound up with string. (The Mayans may also have handed down the object's name: their term for smoking, sikar, likely led to the Spanish cigarro, from which the cigar takes its name.) When Columbus stumbled upon the Americas...
...stops in New York City: the northeast corner of West 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue, by the Sbarro's, or on Sixth Avenue between Grand and Watts streets. The ride takes 4 hr. 15 min. and drops you in D.C. at 901 G Street N.W., between 9th and 10th streets. Check the website for schedules...
...euro's 10th anniversary will see the euro zone take on a 16th member, Slovakia. Eight other central and East European countries have set the goal of joining within the next six years, including Poland, whose political establishment dropped its longtime opposition after a recent run on the Polish zloty. The euro has found some other unexpected converts too, thanks to the financial crisis. The Danes voted against joining the euro zone in 2000, but they are set to hold another referendum in March. Iceland - not even an E.U. member - is pondering "unilateral euroization" after seeing its krona plunge nearly...
...team with a time of 3:24.92. In the field events, senior Elissa Reidy leaped 11.05 meters on her way to second place in the triple jump, while classmate Dara Wilson came in at 12th with a jump of 10.18. Junior Jonathan Brito tied for 10th place in the high jump with 1.85 meters, while sophomore Sean Gil slid into third in the pole vault with a vault of 4.55 meters. Four Harvard men competed in the men’s weight throw, as volunteer coach Chris Bryce threw for a first-place 19.53 meters, men?...
...Despite their shrinking population, Zoroastrians remain fiercely divided over whether to recognize interfaith families, let alone accept non-generational Zoroastrians. Tens of thousands fled Persia during the Islamic incursions in the 10th Century and were granted refuge in India under the condition they did not marry outside their faith or proselytize to the Hindu majority. Ramiyar P. Karanjia, principal of a Zoroastrian religious school in Mumbai, India, insists, "Conversion is not part of our religion." Yet, in India, home to the majority of Zoroastrians, the community is declining by about 10% every decennial census, according to a report released...