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...that borders on the farcical, with his narrator focusing on such topics as incest and monorchidism (speaketh the Oxford English Dictionary: “The condition of having only one testis, or only one descended testis”). Thanks, Norm!It’s a mildly amusing and halfway-clever diversion in a book full of them. Did you know that a young Adolf Hitler had his “pip-squeak of an anus kept as immaculate as an opal, small and glistening?” Or that evil people have an unavoidable problem with body odor? Or that...
...Trace These stackables give a high-tech nod to standard garden furniture. "Close your eyes, think of summer seating and you see this shape," says Shin Azumi, the Trace chair's London-based Japanese designer, who used Hirek, a clever polymer, for structural support. Any resemblance to a G-string is coincidental. Honest. www.desalto.it...
...design, Gordon Ramsay has striven to achieve in its kitchens. The London NYC is home to the British chef's American debut. Between his formal eponymous restaurant and the more laid-back London Bar, I'd opt for the buzzier, less stuffy bar. Its small-plates menu includes clever interpretations of traditional dishes; try Ramsay's BLT - bacon and onion cream, chilled lettuce velouté and tomato gelée in a martini glass. Come to think of it, it's a good metaphor for the hotel - a playful, beautiful twist on the time-honored. In other words...
Headaches, heartaches, backaches, aching feet, fatigue, anxiety and those vague, burning pains in your legs at night--these are the nemeses of real doctors. Many people have these symptoms, but the cruel truth is that there is no reliable cure for any of them. Clever doctors watching their incomes melt away have taken notice, establishing all sorts of lucrative NRWAT practices. They've become chiropractors, osteopathic manipulators, prolotherapists, postural therapists, acupuncturists, even Therapeutic Touch practitioners. Each of these therapies proclaims the existence of force fields, bodily reactions, energies or auras that simply cannot be measured or observed scientifically. The "patients...
Other classes offered include “Money Made Simple,” “Health Care After Harvard,” and “Cooking Skills for Clever Scholars.” Participants will learn how to cook their own meals, care for their cars, and operate their radiators. A full schedule of the classes is available under “For Students” at ocs.fas.harvard.edu...