Word: oaks
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...best acting and musical score, all while offering hilarity and heartbreak, romance and cold calculation. It succeeds marvelously in every way. Paltrow gave a breathtaking performance as both Lady Viola and Thomas Kent and got only one Oscar for it. What was the Academy thinking? Alan B. Posner, Royal Oak, Michigan...
...spent years watching how the cut was done," Khidir remembers. "And my daughter was a baby at the time, too small to understand what was happening. That's the best age to do it." Matter-of-factly, Khidir describes dealing with the aftermath of her work. She applies oak charcoal to reduce pain, cold water and antiseptic solution to reduce the risk of infection. Asked about the specifics of the procedure, she covers her face with her loosely worn headscarf. "I cut about a quarter off," she says. It's a reference to the so-called 'Sunna' circumcision, the removal...
...snow blanketed the Yard last night, a small group of aspiring epicureans practiced seeing, swirling, sniffing, sipping, and savoring wines as part of Harvard Student Agencies’ (HSA) introductory wine-tasting course. Throughout the evening, five undergraduate attendees sampled 21 kinds of wine, describing them as having oak flavors, emitting whiffs of jalapeno peppers, containing hints of leather, and resembling Dr. Pepper. The four-hour course took place in Boylston Hall’s Ticknor Lounge. The tasting cost $125 for Harvard affiliates and $150 for non-affiliates, although group discounts were available. Participants received a $25 wine guide...
...worth more than $50 billion in 2005, a figure expected to grow to $94 billion by 2015. And politicians on both sides of the aisle compete to look greener. David Cameron, the young leader of the Conservative Party, even changed his party's traditional freedom-torch symbol to an oak tree to trumpet his environmental credentials. Green living is "just higher up on the agenda," says Alex Harvey, a Canadian environmental activist who moved to Britain four years ago. "People are looking at lifestyle and consumption, across-the-board issues...
...should not be surprised by such ambivalence. Tradition is a dangerous word in progressive circles like this University. Especially at Harvard, tradition connotes racism, sexism, and elitism—oak-paneled back rooms filled with the heavy bouquet of brandy and thick swirls of cigar smoke, and other such ghastly images...