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Tipping practices vary widely from place to place but no country spends so much on tips as the United States, nor does any country tip for so many different services. This is not an accident. Our mania for tipping tells us a lot about how peculiar...
...Krolak also choreographed and soloed in “Attraversiamo,” the most peculiar and least successful piece of the evening. Krolak, who appeared in torn jeans and an orange plaid jumper with a string of stuffed socks sewn on the back, appeared to portray the frustration and self-doubt of a dancer in today’s society. Krolak’s interaction with the spoken words of the soundtrack varied from worriedly trying to “shhhh” the recording to singing along with it, repeating the words over and over again...
...nine of which were on target—and two yellow cards, the Bears used physicality to neutralize Harvard’s wing play and took advantage of set-piece opportunities to minimize the impact of the Crimson’s superior speed. Brown midfielder Darren Howerton, using a peculiar handspring technique for his throw-ins, directly contributed to two goals and was credited with the assist for the game-winner. The first half began with an offensive blitzkrieg from the Bears, as Brown recorded seven of the game’s first eight shots before Sheehan scored the first...
...scholar who works in a discipline (history) and a sub-field (Civil War history) largely dominated by men, Faust knows what it is like to deviate from the norm. Perhaps that accounts for her capacity to take Harvard’s peculiar folkways in stride. In that 2001 speech, she cautioned the entering class not to be afraid to question what they saw. “When you hear—in this most wonderfully tradition-bound institution—that something is because it has always been that way, take a moment to ask which of the past?...
Inaugural speeches are a peculiar genre. They are by definition pronouncements by individuals who don’t yet know what they are talking about. Or, we might more charitably dub them expressions of hope unchastened by the rod of experience...