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...about race with any of my boyfriends. Shouldn’t race be more of an issue? It’s an especially difficult question for me because, until coming to Harvard, I didn’t know a single interracial couple. At Harvard, on the other hand, the phenomenon seems to be so prevalent that, at least for me, it’s a non-issue. Since coming to Harvard I’ve been on dates with Asian, Arab, Hispanic, white and black students...
...enough, but in certain situations Drink Machine Blockers become even more deadly. I’ve witnessed DMBs fill up their cup partway, take a long, slow, drink, and then continue to fill it up, all while people are waiting in line. The only word for this phenomenon? “Mind-boggling...
...networks look very different and usually involve clusters of wanton individuals known to public-health experts as "core transmitters." (Think prostitutes, NBA stars.) Another surprise was the absence of tightly closed loops in which a foursome trades partners--what co-author Peter Bearman calls the Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice phenomenon, after the 1969 film. Teenagers seem to shy from such post-breakup swaps. Bearman, who heads the sociology department at Columbia University, suggests that dating the former boyfriend of your ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend may involve a loss of status or cross a line of loyalty...
What caused the outburst of meteorological fury? This time not much of the blame goes to the usual suspect, El Ni??o, which has produced only a slight warming of the tropical Pacific since August. A more significant culprit, say meteorologists, is a less well-known phenomenon called the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), named after the pair of scientists--Roland Madden and Paul Julian--who discovered it in 1971. The MJO is a globe-girdling disturbance that sweeps across equatorial waters at intervals of 30 to 60 days. Under its influence, says climatologist Wayne Higgins of the National Oceanic...
...recently released--and well-timed--North American Pinot Noir (University of California Press), which details all aspects of the often moody grape and profiles 72 of the best American Pinot Noir producers. He devoted the past five years to exploring a wine that he felt was "a growing niche phenomenon" with a "healthy cult status. I thought Pinot Noir would never be mainstream. It wasn't ever going to be synonymous with red wine." But then came the film. "I can't start a conversation or tasting now without the movie coming up," he notes...