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...Department of English approved the most wholesale restructuring of its undergraduate program last week since World War II. But Louis Menand—the English professor who has had the most experience with curricular change—said that the current proposal still needs work...
...Rationing in Britain during and after World War II meant people ate more simple foods, says Day. Families stopped passing on their offal recipes, and people eventually became squeamish about such dishes. "We became a nation of muscle-devourers, confining our carnivorous activities to the brown stuff that came in neat, little polystyrene trays with some cling-film over the top of it to make it look neat and tidy," he says. Many types of offal, especially brains, were banned when mad-cow disease struck in the late 1990s. Day says the revival now might be a sign of people...
...Raftery's heart. With over ten years of karaoke experience, from the cheaply produced laser discs to live action performances backed by the Georgia-based indie rock group Of Montreal, Raftery has sung it all. TIME talks to him about his obsession, his fondness for an obscure Ghostbuster's II song, and why he doesn't want to die while singing along to R. Kelly...
...mention Bobby Brown a lot in the book, specifically this one song from Ghostbusters II. I have to tell you, I'm incredibly excited because I was unaware that this song even existed. You've never heard "On Our Own?" It's a pretty amazing song. There's a great video, with Rick Moranis and Donald Trump. That song combines a number of things I love, which is a really ridiculous and poorly done rap, a really goofy R&B chorus, and the memory of Bobby Brown at the most ridiculous point in his career. "Sister Christian" is my favorite...
...influenza virus was discovered in the early 1930s, and scientists developed a working vaccine by the 1940s, when it was first used on soldiers during World War II. In 1947, Jonas Salk, one of the vaccine's creators, began to develop a polio vaccine, which was perfected and approved...