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...long. The one exception was the whale noodle dish, but I'm going to say its success had more to do with the noodles and spicy broth than it did with the whale. All in all, the experience made it hard for me to keep a straight face when people referred to whale as a "delicacy." It was like eating leftovers from a submarine. (See pictures of Japan and the world...
...course, a tough bill would face long odds. The money and power of the financial industry would be arrayed against it. There would be so many arcane moving parts - How much authority for the Fed? Should end users be exempt from derivatives regulation? Should something be done about naked credit default swaps? - that reaching consensus by August would be challenging even if everyone wanted it. And it's not clear that anyone is desperate to have it; there probably won't be another meltdown this year, and Democratic leaders may be content to let Republicans block reform so they...
...Harvard’s been learning all season, the skaters will face their first of what they hope to be three final exams just as the student body emerges from midterm season...
...March 3, Brittney Griner, the phenomenal women's basketball player from Baylor University, punched a Texas Tech player in the face during a game. She received a two-game suspension. Gossage told his pal he felt the punishment was too light...
...felt NASCAR made the right decision. His friend was perplexed. If two games for a punch seems lenient, how can you justify no punishment for attacking an opponent with a potentially deadly race car? "The rule in basketball is, you don't get to punch another player in the face," says Gossage. "The rule in racing is that this is O.K. There are just different standards and codes and things like that." But Gossage admitted, "I understand how outrageous this appears to folks who don't follow the sport." (Read a Q&A with Jimmie Johnson on breaking NASCAR records...