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...Never Get Out Of Your Head (2004’s fight-song-cum-spelling-lesson “Hollaback Girl,” off her solo debut “Love.Angel.Music.Baby”), Most Discomfiting Use Of Actual People As Fashion Accessories (her so-called Harajuku girls, contractually forbidden to speak English in public), and of course the Madonna Wannabe Award For Utter Lack Of Shame In Self-Promotion (she namedrops her own design line, L.A.M.B, in as many songs as she can). Perhaps she was shooting for another glitzy trophy to add to her mental collection when...
...tedious regulations governing the Undergraduate Council (UC) presidential election, the restrictions on electronic communications stand out for their inanity. Under rules issued by the Election Commission (EC), campaign personnel are forbidden from sending out unsolicited e-mails, e-mails to open lists, or e-mails to anyone with whom they lack a “reasonable familiarity or connection.” The utter impracticality of enforcing these rules in a meaningful and equitable way creates perverse incentives that undermine the integrity of campaigns. UC elections would be better off without these bans...
DIED. Robert McFerrin, 85, baritone who in 1955 became the first black man to sing in the New York Metropolitan Opera's company; in St. Louis, Mo. Forbidden as a youth by his Baptist-preacher father from singing anything but gospel, McFerrin--later followed into music by his son Bobby (Don't Worry, Be Happy)--also dubbed the sung vocals for Sidney Poitier's Porgy in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess...
...rogue leader, Kim Jong Il, to abandon his nuclear-weapons program. Now, the U.S. hopes, it's hitting Kim where it really hurts. Following a U.N. Security Council resolution banning the export of luxury goods to North Korea, last week the U.S. published a list of some 60 forbidden fruits, including iPods, Segway scooters, cognac, leather handbags, silk underwear, plasma TVs, baby grand pianos, jetskis, snowmobiles and eau de toilette. It's not just an attempt to personally aggravate the Dear Leader, who enjoys a notoriously plush lifestyle even while many of his countrymen starve. Cutting off the supply...
...DIED. Robert McFerrin, 85, baritone who in 1955 became the first black man to sing in the New York Metropolitan Opera's company; in St. Louis, Missouri. Forbidden as a youth by his Baptist-preacher father from singing anything but gospel, McFerrin-later followed into music by his son Bobby (Don't Worry, Be Happy)-also dubbed the sung vocals for Sidney Poitier's Porgy in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess. Numbers 1 in 5 Number of British adults who regularly throw coins into wishing wells and fountains $5.9 million Amount they throw into wells every year...