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...partly true, since they went to karaoke right after they first met at a Taiyo no Kai event. He thought she was a good singer; she liked him because he didn't say much. They argue over petty matters, but they're happy. "People are more independent and live longer than before," Komori says. "If they can be with someone and enjoy life, that's meaningful." And with life expectancy rates what they are in Japan, wedding bells for seniors gives new meaning to the silver anniversary...
...great midcentury heyday of Chicago's Democratic machine, politics was open only to those with a sponsor--"We don't want nobody nobody sent," a ward boss famously said. By the time Obama got into the game in the 1990s, it was no longer an exclusive club. The centrally controlled party organization had splintered into a loose group of ward committees that operated like autonomous fiefs. Still, old practices died hard; the same virtues of loyalty and familiarity were rewarded by new bosses who expected political newcomers to pay their dues--and wait their turn...
Eight Belles died on the altar of the quick buck. About that, even the most stalwart horse-racing fans can agree. Andrew Beyer, dean of America's racing writers, explained the death of the Kentucky Derby runner-up by noting that thoroughbreds are, in fact, overbred. They are no longer created with robust careers in mind; their life goal is a couple of quick wins in Triple Crown races, followed by retirement to a stud farm. "Modern commercial breeders produce horses in order to sell them, and if those horses are unsound, they become somebody else's problem," Beyer wrote...
...freshmen the following fall but we haven’t set anything in stone so far,” Selsby said yesterday. He added that while FAS IT is technologically equipped to make this change, they still need final approval from University Hall.FAS IT has also considered allowing longer email usernames. Selsby said the department hoped eventually to no longer reuse addresses and create unique e-mail addresses for every student who passes through the College—for example, consisting of a student’s name and graduation date. Kroll noted that a complete overhaul of Harvard?...
...with his text. No matter what he’s discussing, Samuels writes non-judgmentally and makes it possible to identify with his subjects, even if that person daydreams about using his knowledge of demolition for acts of terrorism. Samuels universalizes his subjects, presenting a world that is no longer governed by God or tradition, one in which his subjects struggle to reconstitute a shattered belief system and grapple to find meaning. When writing about a rehabilitation program, Samuels presents addiction as a metaphysical problem in nature: “addiction is a symptom, more urgent and dramatic, perhaps...