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...raise an eyebrow at the idea of a potted history of the commode will be bowled over by the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. A spotlessly clean display lays subcontinental claim to the development of flush-toilet technology?first utilized in 2500 BC in Mohenjo-daro, in now modern-day Pakistan. Upon the ancient city's collapse, however, such innovation became lost in the bowels of time, only to be implemented again in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, who had a very simple one installed in her London home...
...wolf’s cross-dressing, fare less well. This can perhaps be blamed on the good old academic microscope. Is the wolf’s donning of the grandmother’s clothes really rife with suggestions of the construction of gender roles—or are modern-day images of a pregnant wolf meant only to be funny? The humor factor is, strangely enough, something Orenstein never discusses. She seems to view all of the latter-day Riding Hoods as cultural “replacements” of the old Grimm damsel, rather than as sly referents that...
...subject or any other. Whether or not he believes in the right of a Jewish state to exist is irrelevant to a discussion of epic poetry, the original subject of his lecture. But when the English department learned that he advocated killing civilians and considered the Israeli military a modern-day incarnation of the SS, the content of his poetry became immaterial...
...lone talented white rapper at the top of the charts. He is up there with the best. I know that many people have hatin’ and discriminatin’ views of his lyrical content, but for real, no one can flow like Em. He is a modern-day Shakespeare, to say the least. Listen to what this kid has been through. Listen to what he has been up against. Yeah, he has thrown out some derogatory comments in the mix every now and then, but Eminem has fought his way to the top, and deserves all the credit...
...turn for reassurance to the charismatic Aa Gym, proudly positioned at the forefront of the moderate majority. He is a thoroughly modern Muslim. He advocates a 21st century religion that complements and enhances the benefits of technology. "Aa Gym has become big because he teaches a very human side of Islam and practices what he preaches," says Juniwati Masjchun Sofwan, a member of the influential Council of Indonesian Ulemas. "He is concerned about advancing Muslims economically through modern-day practices of business and religion." Indeed, Aa Gym preaches prosperity to his followers. "You must remember, the Prophet Muhammad, blessed...