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...Chinese can take this, Finch muses, because they are more nonchalant about bodily functions, such as burping, farting or even going to the bathroom - an act performed squatting sans doors in some places in China. But many Westerners enjoy the novelty of toilet dining too. Chris and Julia Harris took their visiting mother, who they say is obsessive-compulsive about cleanliness, to "freak her out," but she had a great time (though she refused to drink out of a urinal). The only people who have a hard time, says Chen, are the elderly who have exclaimed, "I will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edible Excretions: Taiwan's Toilet Restaurant | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...athletics program. Teddy Roosevelt, Class of 1880, in particular, campaigned for the creation of a football team to combat the “overcivilization” of students. Today, Harvard boasts an impressive athletics department, but it offers no regimen to show men how they are supposed to act in the 21st century...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Death of a Harvard Man | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...however, the Senate at long last passed the D.C. Voting Rights Act, granting the District’s heretofore symbolic congressperson a vote. With the House of Representatives and the White House likely to approve of the act, its passage is virtually guaranteed...

Author: By Dhruv K. Singhal | Title: Henry Clay Lives | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...passage, however, Democratic proponents of the bill had to make two concessions: the repeal of the majority of D.C.’s gun-control regulations and, more significantly, an additional congressional seat for the state of Utah, a stipulation first offered in the failed D.C. House Voting Rights Act...

Author: By Dhruv K. Singhal | Title: Henry Clay Lives | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...took a couple penalties that really weren’t necessary—you know it wasn’t to save a goal or against a tough scoring chance,” Donato said. But in the second and third periods the Crimson cleaned up their act, and for the better, since the game-winning goal was scored by Matt McCollem on a power play. “I thought we did a better job with our discipline as the game went on and I think that special teams were the difference tonight.” ROGERS RULES Junior...

Author: By Alexandra E. Zimbler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Senior Night Sees Upset Over Tigers | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

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