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...governing body does insane rituals like the Senate--with its handleless gavel, seersucker-suit day every June and Republican candy desk. It's like Pee-wee's Playhouse with more sex scandals. But nothing is crazier than the fact that every two years, the Senate must break from trillion-dollar bailouts and Iraq-war allocations so that everyone who wants to can switch offices. Each office is allotted by seniority, which is calculated according to a formula that involves number of years in the Senate, previous federal jobs, the size of your state and eight other factors. Obviously, Robert Byrd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moving On Up: The Senate Shifts Offices | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...which was decorated with blue and white pilasters, crystal chandeliers and wall-to-wall beige carpet. Other men sat along the walls, and occasionally one would get up silently to hand the King a folded letter or speak quietly to him. Meanwhile, a servant served bitter Bedouin coffee in handleless cups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: Faisal's views at a Busy Majlis | 1/6/1975 | See Source »

...India's 56 million untouchables, the badge of their social inferiority is often the implement of their trade-a handleless broom made by binding together a bundle of twigs. Stooped over this broom, the lowly outcast daily sweeps India's streets and village squares, its courtyards and bedrooms. Not only does this lead to agonizing backaches, spinal curvature and a characteristic cringing posture, but also years of inhaling the clouds of dust stirred up contribute to an alarming pulmonary tuberculosis rate. Yet generations of foreign travelers, "asking why India's sweepers do not use a stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Bunker Broom | 8/8/1960 | See Source »

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