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CURRENT AFFAIRS "The Mae Klong is the most beautiful river in Thailand," said Chai, our Burmese guide, as we slid down a gentle series of rapids in our red rubber raft. Transfixed by the multitude of rainbows suspended in a giant curtain of spray tossed up before a fern-dappled cliff, we found it difficult to argue...
...Sipping chai at College soirees may help with social skills, saucer balancing and making conversation—but it may also may help boost the immune system, according to a Harvard study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday...
...fishing remains the main source of income for locals, who live along prime beachfront real estate and spend their days plying the waters of the South China Sea. Instead of hawking trinkets on the beach, the town's children are commercial fishermen, too, venturing out to sea in thung chai, two-meter-wide circular baskets made of bamboo and pitch that can only be paddled standing up. Old superstitions linger: before a new boat makes its maiden voyage, families paint eyes on its bow. If left unpainted and hence blind, they believe, their vessel will never find fish...
...evening approached its end, the organizers of the event counted the cash. Proceeds from the date auction exceeded $1000—and everyone’s wildest expectations. The money will be added to the profits from other fundraisers to support the Campus Hillel Ambulance Initiative (CHAI), a fund which intends to donate an ambulance to the State of Israel...
Moreover, making open class distinctions among Harvard students is no longer done. Fifty years ago it would have seemed strange to see bright poor kids from bad high schools in the rural South invited to Master’s teas, sipping chai on Persian rugs and eating sandwiches off silver platters. Back then, social class coincided more closely with economic class. In today’s Harvard, chai is the great social equalizer no matter how much your father earns...