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Update the river to the Charles and test whether sports fans can pronounce the word “destroyer” to rhyme with Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, and we can brace ourselves for another regional clash of Biblical proportions—if we forget our heads and...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Cutthroat Sports Culture | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

Now, with the Commonwealth Games just a year away, the city's bad manners have upset a personage no less than the country's Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, who said on Sept. 22 that Delhiites needed an "attitude makeover" in order to "play good hosts" in 2010. Delhi's Chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can India Tame Its Intractable Capital? | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

Will Delhiites be tamed? There have been drives in the past to discourage urinating in public, which all failed, abysmally. But at the same time, awareness programs to teach people "manners" on the Delhi Metro have shown that Delhi residents can be taught to stand in queues. The Delhi government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can India Tame Its Intractable Capital? | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

One common explanation is practical. For centuries, wearing white in the summer was simply a way to stay cool - like changing your dinner menu or putting slipcovers on the furniture. "Not only was there no air-conditioning, but people did not go around in T shirts and halter tops. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Can't Wear White After Labor Day | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

Much to the chagrin of sartorial purists, that skepticism of the Labor Day law has seeped into mainstream America. From 1960s counterculture to the present day - when would-be fashionistas get as many ideas from blogs and friends as from magazines and Fashion Week - more people than ever are breaking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Can't Wear White After Labor Day | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

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