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They line the nursery section children's toy stores like brightly colored candies: rubber duckies for bathtime, chewable rings for teething, soft-covered books for pawing and mouthing. Parents shopping for their babies can be forgiven if they assume that everything on those shelves is 100% child safe. So why did the city of San Francisco issue a ban last week on the sale of certain plastic toys aimed at children under 3? And why are activists warning holiday shoppers in the most alarming terms against buying them? "Sucking on some of these teethers and toys," says Rachel Gibson...
...Party-goers could have been forgiven for mistaking the tailgate entrance for an airport security queue—from the lines of police who yelled at students to “Keep moving!” as they passed through the turnstiles all the way to the insistence that all drinks were disposed of before entrance. Inside, officials clutched detailed plans of the area to make sure student groups stayed within their assigned square footage. Micro-management was the watchword as both the Boston Police Department and the Harvard University Police Department kept a suspicious eye on student fun levels...
...only off-putting thing is the menu's achingly earnest foreword-cum-manifesto: "We strive to raise awareness of a more sustainable food future ..." But that's quickly forgiven once the consistently fine food is on the table. And all the preachiness is totally forgotten by dessert. The heavenly sweets?hot chocolate soup, a "conversation" of apple tarts and sorbet?are listed on the menu under the utterly appropriate heading "Encore." That's exactly what you'll be cheering after a couple of hours in the Dressing Room...
...greens like kale have settled in for the winter, and you won't see another heirloom tomato until next spring. The only off-putting thing is the menu's achingly earnest foreword-cum-manifesto: "We strive to raise awareness of a more sustainable food future ..." But that's quickly forgiven once the consistently fine food is on the table. And all the preachiness is totally forgotten by dessert. The heavenly sweets - hot chocolate soup, a "conversation" of apple tarts and sorbet - are listed on the menu under the utterly appropriate heading "Encore." That's exactly what you'll be cheering...
...Even those who say they would have been willing to give Sgt. Cardona the benefit of the doubt, quickly add that his presence in Iraq was a bad idea. "He was convicted and punished for his acts, and even the Islamic Sharia'a says he should be forgiven," says Hussain al-Musawi, who heads the Shi'ite Political Council, an influential group within the Shi'ite coalition that dominates the Iraqi parliament. "But I don't think that the Iraqi government should allow him to enter the country-I think it will do whatever necessary to prevent that...