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...little sleep we need. Relative degrees of lack of sleep constitute a main stain of Harvard casual conversation—something we can all “understand.” Peers, professors, and club leaders can sometimes reinforce this culture further by expecting top-notch work, accepting only grave illness as a reason for lateness or inadequate quality...
...Kaliammal, her husband's ultimate choice will never be known for certain. He was buried as a Muslim, but she wants to move the remains to a Hindu grave. Kaliammal's appeal, one of several involving alleged conversions to Islam, is pending before a higher court, though no date has been fixed for judgment. "My husband never once told me he had secretly converted to Islam," says Kaliammal, showing off a wall in her apartment dedicated to her husband's mountaineering achievements for the glory of the Malaysian nation. "He was always a Hindu and drank alcohol and ate pork...
...often assumed that Chinese feel obliged to set aside large chunks of their income because the government no longer provides cradle-to-grave benefits as it did under a purely communist system. But China's urbanites are not just stashing away money to fund retirement and meet rising medical costs. Many Shanghainese respondents to the HSBC survey said their two main motivations for saving were to buy real estate (the majority already own at least one property) and pay for their kids' education. Travel was listed as the third most important reason to save. Only 14% of respondents said they...
...children, Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa referred to Japanese women as "baby-making machines." The minister quickly apologized, but Abe's critics seized on the incident-and on Abe's refusal to fire Yanagisawa-as evidence that the administration can't handle the demographic issue. "The Health Ministry deals with grave fundamental social issues like the decreasing population," says Yoshiaki Takaki, the DPJ's Diet policy chief. "We cannot accept that it is headed by someone who has demonstrated a complete lack of respect for people...
Freeze-Dried Funeral In Sweden your body can be dipped in liquid nitrogen, become brittle, then turn to dust. Remains are placed in a shallow grave, where they would nourish the earth faster than they would with most other burials...