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...entertainment," and inside you'll hear Midler caution the crowd, "Please don't call the Pope if you see a tit or two." You won't have to phone Rome; skinwise, the show is pretty chaste. Bette relies on one of her longtime characters - Soph (for Sophie Tucker), the oldest babe in show business - to supply the raunch dressing. "My tits have fallen so far South they're speakin' Spanish," Soph confesses before telling a few ribald classics. Since this is a family website, I'll withhold the punch lines and tease you with a couple of the setups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Takes Vegas, Leaves Bathhouse | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...Certainly, Harvard is right to protect the interests of its campus as a historical landmark. As the oldest college green in America, there is good reason why hot dog vendors and tennis courts remain absent from the Yard. But Harvard’s precious few acres are there for students, not for tourists—and they have been the site of endless instances of public discourse throughout the centuries. Certainly chalk is no more foreign than black steel trash cans or Poland Springs delivery trucks, both of which enjoy free access. Chalk does not disrupt the equilibrium between artifact...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Chalk It Up | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...will be looking at the oldest part of Mars, four to 4.5 billion years old Mars,” Crisp said. “This might be a different kind of environment that might be more suitable for life...

Author: By Kevin C. Leu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mars Surface Too Acidic for Life To Exist | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...Terrorism completely negates the teachings of Islam, which is the faith of love and peace.' MAULANA MARGHOOB-UR RAHMAN, chief rector of the Darul-Uloom Deoband near New Delhi, one of the oldest and most radical Islamic schools in South Asia, disavowing extremism at a gathering of Indian Muslim clerics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

Perhaps he wants to steal the distinction of being the oldest presidential candidate in 2008 from John McCain. (Nader turns 74 today; McCain is 71.) Perhaps he simply has nothing better to do. Whatever his reasons, lifelong consumer advocate Ralph Nader has once again decided to launch a long-shot presidential bid as a third-party candidate...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Running for the Right Reasons | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

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