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...Harvard, these crusty Eurocentrists finger Foreign Cultures and its thriving colonies in Historical Studies and Literature and Arts. Harvard students need not read Plato, Shakespeare or Locke to graduate--in fact, chances are they won't. As the Goths conquered Rome, they say, so multiculturalism has sacked Harvard's liberal arts requirements...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: Core Classes Lack Depth | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

Maher's closest neighbor in East Fishkill, N.Y., his most recent U.S. residence, describes him as "a miserable bastard" who turned a property-line dispute into an open feud. "Maher and his wife would stand outside my house and scream curses and give me the finger," says Leonard Levelle, 70, recalling that the police had to be called in to mediate several times. On one occasion, says Levelle, "Maher knocked me down, started hitting me with his forearm and told me he would get a gun and kill me." Maher's first wife Marla, who divorced him in 1991, alleging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Charade of Death | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...ward off some cancers, packs a wallop of vitamin C and even boasts fluoride for the teeth. A Harvard study this year found that a cup of black tea a day cuts the risk of heart attacks by 44%. What's more, caffeine freaks, jangly from coffee's finger-in-the-socket jolt and drop, are coming to appreciate the smoother caffeine boost of black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tea Time Once Again | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

NOSE Jimmy Durante $140,000 VOICE (MOUTH) Bruce Springsteen $6,000,000 BREASTS Dolly Parton $600,000 RIGHT INDEX FINGER Keith Richards $1,600,000 RIGHT ARM Pitcher Kevin Brown $67,500,000 BUTT Jennifer Lopez $300,000,000 PENIS British stripper Frankie Jakeman $1,600,000 LEGS Dancer Michael Flatley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $400 Million Celebrity | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

POINTING A FINGER It's only one case, but fascinating nonetheless. A dentist who knew she was allergic to protective latex gloves noticed that the same foods she ate safely at home set off a severe allergic reaction when she ate them at a restaurant. Could it be the gloves food handlers wear? To test the hypothesis, researchers fed her orange juice stirred with a finger sheathed in latex as well as untampered juice. Sure enough, minutes after drinking the stirred juice, her chest tightened and wheezing began. Researchers suspect she's not alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Dec. 20, 1999 | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

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