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...rarely acknowledges tactful boundaries. He gets dirty right off the bat, riffing on internet pornography and moving from there to topics that include his favorite sexual positions and his love of vaginas. Part of “Super Retardo’s” somewhat limited charm is a function of its live recording; as the audience laughs heartily, Fatel—who performed at last fall’s “Comedians for a Cause” at Harvard—picks a girl out of the crowd whom he will turn to with assorted lascivious and vulgar...
...condoms was questioned last November by the Radcliffe Union of Students’ visiting sex expert, Kim Airs. But an investigation by Kelli Ballinger, staff head of CHI, and Dr. David C. Olson, director of obstetrics and gynecology at University Health Services, discovered no evidence that the Lifestyles condoms function improperly. From experience, we strongly endorse the Lifestyles product, and hope that freshmen in the upcoming weeks, months, and years will experience “proven protection that feels really good?”—for free...
...actually got a vanity license plate. I’m pretty sure many of the people we passed on the street thought there was a dentist in the car.However, I am not just a nicknamed, I am a nicknamer. My father instilled in all his children an inability to function in casual conversation without the help of nicknames. This is the same man who deemed us Lucas One, Two, and Three (a hierarchy of order) and still can’t really justify why he did it. He has a nickname for every cousin and continues to nickname...
...officers was accused of raping a detained woman before setting her free. A search of the precinct building turned up stashed narcotics and counterfeit DVDs. The charges came after years of rumored misconduct, and critics in the media say police brass let the unit continue to function primarily because the department's code of silence is not that much different from the one on the streets. "How will the department look now when any of its spokesmen speak out against things like the Stop Snitching DVDs, T shirts and caps?" wrote Baltimore Sun columnist Gregory Kane...
...editors: I appreciated reading your article about no-confidence votes in Friday’s Crimson (“Parliamentary Roots of Confidence Vote Highlight Motion’s Strategic Uses,” news, Feb 10). However, my knowledge about the function of no-confidence votes differs from your exposition. You seem to be knowledgeable only about the British system. In most other countries, a no-confidence vote leaves plenty of alternatives besides dissolution of Parliament and a new election. Actually, such a radical conclusion does only make sense in Britain, which is a rare example of a country...