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...sanctum, choked with chanting de- votees, is barred to nonbelievers. But it's possible to gaze down on its gold-plated lotus domes from the second-story window of the Udai Silk shop across the street. Even from the relative concealment of the silken perch, cameras are still strictly forbidden. Once a customer managed to sneak in a shot, but the telltale flash sent police running upstairs. "They grabbed the camera, and ripped out the film," says proprietor Udai. The view is free?that is if you can resist the eager sales pitch. The slightest flicker of interest...
Unlike their counterparts at schools that offer athletic scholarships—which are forbidden in the Ivy League—coaches at Harvard have always had to grapple with the fact that athletes, even recruited ones, can quit their sports whenever they want...
...troubles. He wasn't that popular with girls. Getting a date was a big deal with him." If Superman is a hero who dresses up as one of us, Spider-Man is one of us, dressed up as a hero. Says Jeff Ayers, manager of New York City's Forbidden Planet comics store: "Batman's a millionaire, Superman's an alien, and Wonder Woman's an Amazon goddess. Most superheroes are foreign to us, but Spider-Man is normal and flawed...
Purveyors of raw or "living" food follow strict culinary standards: fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds--preferably organic--are fine, but meat, chicken and dairy are forbidden. Some chefs ban all added heat, while others accept temperatures of 120[degrees] or less, just barely enough to warm. With no stoves, the tools of the trade include food processors, juicers and dehydrators--along with plenty of ingenuity. "It's like being in a maze and finding you're up against the wall," says committed carnivore Norman Van Aken of Miami's Norman's, who, for fun, concocted a series of raw recipes...
...once prohibited from performing because his hair was too long and again later?after a spell in a monastery?because he had no hair. (Today, it's shoulder length.) In 1994, a power outage cut short a show and fans rioted. Zaw Win Htut was blamed and forbidden to play publicly for six months. His fellow rockers get similar treatment. They adapt, or stop performing. In the mid-'90s, musician Lay Phyu somehow slipped past the censors an album titled Power 54?a subtly subversive reference to Suu Kyi, who lives at 54 University Avenue. The number was dropped from...