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...governesses, big-game hunting and finishing school in Switzerland. Her mother, a daring socialite in her own right, disapproved of Devi's joining the orthodox royal house of Jaipur, whose women lived in purdah--hidden from the gaze of men outside their families. But Devi had already fallen in love with the jet-setting, polo-playing maharaja, and she soon made Jaipur her own. She started an élite girls' school, correctly surmising that it would help end the practice of purdah, and entered politics as a passionate opponent of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's socialist policies...
...political corruption and the decay of her beloved city--devoted herself to charitable work. "Jaipur is ruined," she said in a 2006 interview. "Everybody's just making money." The feudal excess of its royal past had been replaced by the excesses of concentrated wealth and power, and the love of a princess wasn't enough to save...
...bacon. People love bacon. Carnivores love it, health nuts crave it, vegetarians forswear solemn oaths for it. Dishes featuring bacon regularly get praise, even gratitude, from judges. Indeed, the power of bacon is so great, it can even overcome the do-not-rely-on-the-freezer rule: Richard Blais did well in Season 4 making bacon ice cream. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go crumble some into a sundae...
...hide from the cameras. In Season 5, contestants Hosea Rosenberg and Leah Cohen--with a girlfriend and boyfriend at home--struck up a flirtation, which led to a surreptitious smooch session on the Top Chef house couch. Their love nook wasn't secluded enough to escape the cameras, however...
...even within a state. This spring in North Carolina, for example, Asheville voted to allow temporary permits for goats to clear vegetation, while Charlotte banned them from properties smaller than a quarter of an acre - despite supporters showing up at a city-council meeting with signs reading I LOVE MY PYGMY GOAT...