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...course, you don't have to be a fervent Thai patriot to enjoy a cup of coffee at Banrie. At the end of the day, it's simply a pleasant place to relax and refuel. Try the aforementioned, temple-like branch on Sukhumvit Road. It's the chain's largest and is open 24 hours a day. The fight against the world's coffee superpower takes place around the clock, after...
...Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder oversees 104 branches. The 39-year-old former architect and student radical is building up Banrie as a worthy adversary to the American coffee superpower that's become such a big player in his country. "To fight Superman, you can't send an ordinary ape - you need Hanuman," he says, invoking the name...
Bloggers felt blue last week after the Smurf village was bombed in a TV spot for the Belgian branch of U.N. children's agency UNICEF. The ad, meant to highlight the toll of war on children, had STEADY DIET OF NOTHING waxing philosmurfical: "It has garnered more interest than actual dead human beings. Smurfs don't get bombed every day, I guess." THE 10 OF CLUBS praised the attack, which kills Smurfette, as a "brilliant practical application of psychology" to jar today's jaded world out of complacency. And ERIK'S RAMBLINGS warned of more carnage, imagining a PETA...
...Rather, it would give these bands a chance to open for their better-known brethren. This idea, common to both CARAR and the Cage, seems to enjoy wide support. According to Hufstedler, such a plan “could allow Harvard bands to interact with national bands, letting them branch out to the real world.” Building Harvard bands’ resumes as opening acts to more famous groups would facilitate performance in the wider world. At the same time, the Cage management team is thinking of ways to increase turnout for Harvard’s bands without...
...report, or even misreport, student data. For example, many colleges, such as Northeastern University and Boston University, exclude the verbal SAT scores of their international students—traditionally low—but report their math scores—traditionally high. In another case, Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J., once overstated its SAT scores by more than 200 points. In 1993, even Harvard was found to have overstated its SAT scores by 15 points. Furthermore, a large component of the U.S. News rankings—25 percent—are peer rankings. In the November 2005 issue...