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...their paper and sharp pencils at the beginning of class, raising their hands with questions. The boys devilishly run away from me, insult me, jump out of their chairs, or poke each other. I can’t generalize: I know that in other classrooms at Summerbridge, not to mention in the rest of the world, girls act up and boys behave well. But I find myself expending all my energy on my male students, having time to consider my female students only when I feel a flash of guilt looking at them with their hands raised...
...saying that I study in America immediately brings a smile to people’s faces here, as they now associate America with Dubya-ness. Since few Indians know that Bush attended Yale, and most know that he attended Harvard Business School, I’ve stopped daring to mention that I study at Harvard. The last time someone wheedled that out of me I was met with guffaws and the kind of belly-laughter you’d associate with a person slipping on a stray banana-peel on the dirt-strewn pavements of Delhi (yes, that?...
Yoder didn't have a trial until the following month. Judge William Schuwerk Jr. heard the case. An ill-prepared public defender represented Yoder, and he allowed Vallabhaneni to assert without proof that Yoder had committed "several" assaults in prison. Schuwerk, who failed to mention that he himself had prosecuted Yoder's first commitment in 1982, ruled from the bench that Yoder should go to the asylum again...
...hundred million dollars because of a silly old bear. In 1961 Disney licensed certain rights to the character of Winnie-the-Pooh from literary agent Stephen Slesinger, who had acquired U.S. merchandising rights from A.A. Milne, author of the books featuring Pooh and Christopher Robin. That contract made no mention of videotapes, computer games or DVDs--because such uses either didn't exist or weren't widespread when the deal was made...
...food; the National Pork Board says that, compared with 20 years ago, pork is on average 31% lower in fat and 29% lower in saturated fat, and has 14% fewer calories and 10% less cholesterol. But the defenders of meat and dairy can also go on the offensive. They mention the need for B12. And then they ratchet up the fear factor. Kurt Graetzer, CEO of the Milk Processor Education Program, scans the drop in milk consumption (not only by vegans but by kids who prefer soda, Snapple and Fruitopia) and declares, "We are virtually developing a generation of osteoporotic...