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...this week’s episode, Huey’s grandfather (voiced by John Witherspoon, who appears to be channeling his character from “The Wayans Brothers”) gets beaten up by a blind man and challenges him to a rematch. The narrative proceeds to an anime-style tangent comparing the blind man to legendary cinematic swordsman Zatoichi. He is subsequently dubbed the “blind N_____ Samurai...
...report on how years of hopelessness and alienation erupted in rage and fiery protests, rocking France's neighborhoods, moved some readers to deplore the violence of the young rioters. But others were sharply critical of the government's blindness and the insensitivity of French society Re your reporting on violent protests in France [Nov. 14]: The rioters, who are mostly Arab or black, may also be French, although they say they don't feel as if they are treated like "real" French citizens. But what is a French citizen? France is in the middle of a deep national identity crisis...
...Evans was appalled by student behavior and went on a crusade to stomp out such improprieties as public urination and funneling. At this year’s Game, the pomp and revelry at the tailgates weren’t marred by an overzealous police force. Law enforcement turned a blind eye to the arbitrary, nonsensical rules drafted by Yale and instead concerned themselves with the safety of students. Thus, tailgates continued into the third and fourth quarter, drinking games were played, and giddy young adults gyrated atop U-Hauls in tune with blaring pop and hip-hop. Apparently, and this...
...PartyGaming's Bhargava, the world could hardly look more different from six years ago, when he took a blind leap and joined the company. After his studies in Delhi in the early 1990s, and business school, he worked at Bank of America and British Gas before heading to Mexico for a change of scenery. On a whim, he e-mailed his former college friend Dikshit, who, it turned out, had just set up a software company and was trying to develop a gaming start-up for Parasol, a lawyer by training. Parasol's history has filled the pages of British...
...spell—he totally turned me on to what I wanted to do. I took my first bio class junior year, and I remember I was reading about photosynthesis and they asked me to leave the Science Center library for making too much noise. I felt like a blind person who had finally come to see, and I screamed with joy when I [found out] how this all works. If you have the right teacher, every day is a revelation...