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...contraceptives. The UC party fund was a desperate measure for desperate times, and for a while succeeded in propping up the social lives of hundreds of undergraduates. Thanks to UC funding, a nervous freshman could show up to a sweatbox in Mather, guzzle a Coke and vodka cocktail, and grind their frustrations away on the sweet shanks of an upperclass flooze. Fun for Harvard upperclassmen—fun for Harvard underclassmen’s older brother—appears infirm but reasonably healthy, but sources within University Hall say it’s just a matter of time before...
...keeps the house clean and opens the windows - and makes her husband take out the trash. Other common ways to eliminate odors are to keep fresh coffee grounds on the counter (a trick of many a flight attendant); toss baking soda at the bottom of the trash can; and grind up a slice of lemon in the garbage disposal. "Get at the root of the odor," says Solomon. "Fresh air will do wonders...
...Elvis wanted to be the full-service, multigenerational entertainer; he was on a mission to convince his fans' parents that he could do more than grind his pelvis. So nearly every Elvis single would have a soft, sentimental tune ("That's When Your Heartaches Begin") on the flip side of a rockin' hit ("All Shook Up"). His movies balanced the uptempo songs with a few mellow ones ("Love Me Tender," "Young and Beautiful," "Blue Hawaii"). Later, some of his biggest hits were emotive reworkings of plaintive folk songs from Italy ("Sorrento" became "It's Now or Never") or France ("Plaisir...
...police while waiting to enter a restaurant in Riyadh. Conservatively dressed, but not in the standard attire of Saudi women, Wynn-Stanley was harangued by a mutawwa, so she pulled out her Saudi-issued diplomatic identity card. The mutawwa's response was to throw it on the ground and grind it into the pavement with the sole of his shoe, a gesture considered a grave insult in Arab custom. The U.S. embassy lodged a formal complaint with the Saudi Foreign Ministry...
There are no good dictators. But some are better than others. The best dictators permit freedom of expression, rule of law and economic growth, creating a democratic-minded middle class that eventually pushes them aside. Think South Korea. The worst dictators, by contrast, grind down civil society, breeding poverty and sectarian hatred and pulverizing all the institutions from which liberalism might grow. The worst dictators eventually leave too, but when they do, all hell breaks lose. Think Iraq...