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Speaking with a forked tongue used to be a bad thing. Now it's apparently a rad thing among those who aren't content merely to pierce their tongue, eyebrows, nose, lips, nipples and other, more delicate body parts. Yes, a small number of thrill seekers and rebels--estimates range from 500 to 2,000--have slashed their tongues to try to give them a more serpentine appearance. And that has more than a few doctors and dentists worried...
...mapsofindia.com/maps/sikkim) Start Plotting: This site's boring design and dull name hides some excellent content on the state of Sikkim. Links to sections on Sikkim's history-China briefly invaded the country in the 1960s-and a variety of useful maps make a browse worthwhile. It also has great links to help plan a trip to the mountainous state from Darjeeling and other points in India...
...most overused word was "physics," as in "that first-person shooter has great physics" - meaning people and things bounce around and get shot much as they would in the real world). So while the general look of games improves every year, most of them look the same, and original content is hard to find. It's like being at a soda convention, trying to get excited about the new packaging that Coke and Pepsi and hundreds of imitators have all started using...
...introspection. Glass literally does not know what to do with himself. He doesn't seem to know he's a cross between two classic American characters--the confidence man and the young man on the make. Saul Bellow would have made him an intricate, sweaty loser. Glass is content to offer himself up as an infantile schnook. Thanks to a good woman and a good rabbi, he eventually discovers both love and God, though not the power to resist writing lines like this: "Her pixie blonde hair and gamine charm go straight to my heart...
...committee negotiated more drink and food deals than ever before for Senior Bar and ran two Senior Stumbles when class committees were previously content running one. (There may even be a third Senior Stumble in Boylston because of the popularity of the first two.) Two hundred seniors will attend a Red Sox-Yankees game; previous class committees obtained fewer tickets for less exciting games. The first chance dance was moved from before Spring Break to after the break to increase turnout among thesis writers. A senior video will be offered to graduates for the first time. And other events (Senior...