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Predictably, Friendster quickly became a blind-date mecca. But it's not only for singles--and therein lies its genius. Until recently, joining a dating site came with heavy baggage rivaled perhaps only by teen tours and hair clubs. But joining Friendster is more like going to a massive party where it's easy to find your crowd. "It's networking in a very fun way," says Engelstein, 38, who is married...
...said to me, 'Let's go, come, come, it is over ... '" he wrote in his autobiography. Instead, the French fireman, then 19, was wrenched back to life again and again by doctors, machines and good intentions. After nine months in a coma and 15 more as a mute, nearly blind quadriplegic (he wrote his memoir by using small movements of one thumb), Humbert pleaded with his mother - and President Jacques Chirac - to help him die. On Sept. 26, he got his wish, and France exhaled a sad sigh of relief. Now the nation is again holding its breath. Humbert...
Appearances can be deceiving, however. In a blind taste-test comparison, Kelly’s subs actually managed to hold their own against the real deal. Volunteer taste-taster Giulio J. Pertile ’07 was impressed with Kelly’s efforts. “There’s a bit of a difference,” he admits. “Noch’s bread was a little crispier—that tipped me off.” Sagely, the young foodie continues, “Really though, they?...
...blind tasting of white wines at London's Groucho Club late last year, seven out of the top 10 places were taken not by the usual suspects from France, California or South Africa but by Austrian Chardonnays and Gr?ner Veltliners?the crisp yet full-bodied wine grown mostly in the east of the country. In the U.S., people began talking the wines around 1999, when chef David Bouley opened Danube, a New York City restaurant inspired by Viennese cookery with a wine list long on Veltliners. Says Bruce Sanderson, senior editor of Wine Spectator: "Chefs and sommeliers in top restaurants...
...anything, Smith’s words underscore the importance of allowing all Harvard students an equal opportunity to sample the political and literary works of non-Western cultures in order to the prevent the sort of blind-eyed ignorance that his article attempts to propagate...