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...good teams have good stories Take New Zealand, probably the worst team heading to the World Cup. While the country has excelled at cricket and rugby - its "All Blacks" team is a perennial powerhouse in the latter - it has had far less success in soccer. The New Zealand team traveling to South Africa may feel uncomfortable not just because they're known as the "All Whites." In a tournament filled with millionaire, jet-setting athletes, the bulk of the Kiwi squad is made up of journeymen who toil in obscurity in lower-tier leagues in Europe and others who until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Reasons to Look Forward to the 2010 World Cup | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...paper rolls (invented in 1890 but not heavily marketed until 1902) - these minor improvements seem like necessities now. And if you think the toilet hasn't changed recently, think again: in 1994 Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, requiring common flush toilets to use only 1.6 gallons of water, less than half of what they consumed before. The "low flow" law left a lot of consumers dissatisfied (and a lot of toilets clogged) until companies developed better models, many of which - if we're lucky enough to be counted among the 60% of the world's population with access...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Toilets | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...round-trip tickets are offered for a seat in a bus of lovely rugby ladies. Five dollars less than the traditional HSA bus, the rugby bus also promises interesting conversation regarding the predecessor of American football. The bus leaves Harvard at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, leaving you plenty of time to indulge in refreshments before the game. The bus leaves New Haven at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, also giving you time to indulge in refreshments afterwards if your liver is still intact...

Author: By MARIA SHEN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Picking the Right Party Bus | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers announced the creation of HFAI in 2004. Since then, HFAI has helped reduce economic barriers that might prevent low- and middle-income students from attending Harvard by eliminating parental contribution for Harvard families making less than $60,000 a year, in addition to decreasing contribution for families at higher income levels...

Author: By BETH E. BRAITERMAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HFAI’s Priceless Advice | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...cordially invited to the Dance Party with Pance Party this Friday, Nov. 20, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at…well...yeah…Yale. The party’s at Yale’s Commons, which basically seems to be a less-Hogwartsy Annenberg with a more cheerful kitchen staff...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Bash with Pance Party! | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

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