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Madeleine S. Elfenbein ’04, a social studies concentrator in Kirkland House, is back from Paris and in the midst of a concerted effort to reinvent herself along familiar lines. Theoretically wedded to the notion that words mean something, she asks only that you read before you respond. Her column will appear on alternate Fridays...
...Brahm owns Jiang's limo and a treasure trove of other Communist Party artifacts. They decorate his restaurant, the Red Capital Club, and his boutique hotel, the Red Capital Residence, both housed in 200-year-old courtyard compounds in Beijing's Dongcheng district. Brahm has seized upon a romanticized notion of China at the cusp of revolution and turned it into a luxury-entertainment brand that appeals not only to visiting foreigners with a sense of irony but also to young Chinese and old generals nostalgic for the early days when life seemed simpler. Both the hotel and the restaurant...
Others have considered the idea of students using hi-tech Segway scooters to zip cross the river—a notion already explored by University President Lawrence H. Summers...
...notion of pedagogical censorship, though, is oxymoronic. State censorship of the press is not a pedagogical enterprise—it teaches nothing but disdain for the free press protections enshrined in the first amendment...
...what about the popular notion that lip balm can actually dry out lips, forcing people to apply more? Doctors say the dreaded cycle is caused not by the lip balm but by the user. "What really happens," says Tsao, "is that when we use lip balm, we tend to lick the lips a lot more. It's the saliva that causes the drying." So steer clear of flavored and scented lip products, which encourage lip licking. In extreme cases, chapping leaves lips vulnerable to cold sores, which are caused by the herpes virus and triggered by stress, colds...