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...drolly at my Italian compatriots’ anecdotes about hunting for wild boars—I must admit that I was a bit disappointed to return to Cambridge. It’s just hard for me—as it would be for any intelligent person—to bid goodbye to the sight of 11-year-olds wearing t-shirts with adorable phrases like “Sexy Bitch” printed on them, or to bus drivers wearing wrap-around Armani sunglasses. Therefore, my return has been fraught with a pain not felt by most Harvardians who study...
...Among the 1,103 Monty Python items up for bid last week on eBay were these ephemera inspired by the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail: talking action figures of King Arthur, sirs Bedevere and Robin and girlie-man Prince Herbert; Grim Reaper and killer Rabbit plush toys; "Holy Hand Grenade" and "French fart" T shirts; Black Knight "It's just a flesh wound" boxer shorts; and tickets to Spamalot, the hit musical that Eric Idle (and co-composer John Du Prez) confected from MP&HG nearly 30 years later...
Like a rainforest standing in the path of a new and exciting time-share, we glibly bid adieu to the sweet taste of Toscanini’s homemade ice cream and pleasant old-world-meets-new-world charm, and Gnomon Copy’s $2 per page fax price and über-convenient coursepacks. And we eagerly await the entrance of a branch of, say, TD Banknorth, the nearest location of which is inconveniently in Waltham...
...President, Senators and detainees did--and did not--get last week. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] The President The Senators The Detainees What They Won The CIA can continue interrogating suspected terrorists in secret jails, with interrogators given legal protection. Nixed: Bush's bid to formally reinterpret the Geneva Conventions to allow interrogation techniques some view as inhumane. Prisoners and their lawyers will be able to see edited versions of the classified evidence to be used against them. What They Lost Bush agreed to make public some details about the program's tactics, giving...
...rural communities, a well-respected mufti's fatwa - on issues ranging from marriage to health to women's rights - can carry considerable influence. India's Muslim leaders announced that they will soon create a new body that will monitor the passing of fatwas in the country, in a bid to preserve that influence, and nip the popular anger swirling around this scandal...