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...Once you reach that politically-incorrect mindset, the play is a delight. The story concerns a young man of the Japanese town Titipu, Nanki-Poo (Jonas A. Budris ’06), who tries to woo Yum-Yum (Annie E. Levine ’08) away from her fiancé Ko-Ko (W. Brian C. Polk ’09). Rather inconveniently, Ko-Ko also happens to be both Yum-Yum’s guardian and the Lord High Executioner of Titipu, with a quota to meet...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'The Mikado' Makes For Good Fun | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...Housman throws the ball away, but wrestles it back, Lin hits a three to the crowd's delight. HARVARD 9, MICHIGAN...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LIVE: Harvard M. Hoops vs. Michigan | 12/1/2007 | See Source »

...farmers, Osborn had to find a cheaper solution. Hence his invention of the chili fence - a rope hung with rags smeared in engine grease mixed with crushed chilies. And chili smoke, generated by burning animal dung mixed with chilies. Elephants would get a whiff of that and, to the delight of nearby farmers, trot off trumpeting into the distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Chilies Keep Elephants At Bay | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

...course, after years of Baby Einstein marketing, some parents have become convinced that the more math and reading skills their tots master, the better. Srinivas Rao, a veterinarian in Columbia, Md., began sending his daughter Sanjana to after-school tutoring last summer, shortly before her third birthday. To his delight, he soon found she could not only count the 14 dots on her homework work sheet but also write 14 beside them. "I didn't think kids could just learn that overnight," he marvels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tutors for Toddlers | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...rape, genetically modified crops, pesticides and fertilizers, whereas traffic pollution doesn't seem to affect bees. City bees are more productive: ample food plus warmer temperatures mean they yield up to three times as much honey as their country cousins, according to the British Beekeepers Association. "London's a delight for a bee, because there are so many flowering plants and trees," says Benbow, who describes the taste of the honey he collects from 17 other hives he has hidden on London rooftops as similar to floral toffee. While beekeeper numbers are hard to gauge, Benbow estimates there are several...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's the Buzz? | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

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