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...locals of Hama village know what to do with a fat, smelly truffle. For centuries, if the village pigs in this remote corner of China's Yunnan province were acting a little less amorous than normal, the farmers fed a shovelful of truffles to the creatures in order to guarantee a future litter of piglets. Then, a few years ago, a strange tale wended its way through this hamlet so disconnected from modern China that Cultural Revolution slogans from three decades ago are still inscribed on the village's mud-brick walls: foreigners, for some mysterious reason, were willing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truffle Kerfuffle | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

...seven consecutive daughters?named Laidi (Brother Coming), Pandi (Brother Anticipated), Niandi (Brother Wanted), and so on. After a coupling with Pastor Malloy, an ineffectual Swedish missionary, she finally produces a son, yellow-haired Jintong (Golden Boy), who is the book's narrator. Selfish and indulgent, Jintong remains breast-fed until well into his teens. "Do you plan to suck until you reduce me to a piece of dry kindling?" asks his exasperated mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holding Up Half the Sky | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

Eight minutes and two Harvard penalties later, freshman Jon Pelle intercepted an errant RPI clearing effort along the righthand boards, then—before the Engineers caught out of position in the transition could recover—fed Johnson, perched just beyond Martin’s crease. With a deft touch to his left, Johnson brought the puck onto his tape, then tapped home his second score of the evening and fifth of the season with 8:06 remaining in the frame...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Johnson’s Two Goals Fuel M. Hockey Win | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

Sifers worked behind the net and fed Schroyer for a shot on Union goalie Dana Smullyan. When the rebound popped out, Solley was there to put it into a gaping net for the score...

Author: By John R. Hein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Sweeps Lowly Dutchwomen | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

...Sifers again was working really hard down low, came around on her fore-hand and just fed my fore-hand,” Solley said. “The goalie didn’t see it coming. I had kind of a tough angle there and saw a far corner open and just threw it in there and it hit the post...

Author: By John R. Hein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Sweeps Lowly Dutchwomen | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

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