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...February that attracted more than 400 guests—contended that they were unaware that the alcohol policy, which prevents serving hard liquor on campus, applied to them, since the same international party had served hard alcohol in years past. The party—which was held in Pound Hall—featured tables representing different countries. Some of the tables served samples of hard alcohol. “Today, we know that there is no exemption,” said Antonio E.L. Amaro, one of the students who said he was charged. “The charges were dropped...
...What does a 600-pound gorilla do?” she said. “Anything it wants...
...image dripping with symbolism - and cake crumbs. When Mayawati Kumari, Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, turned 52 in January, aides and civil servants took turns to finger-feed her scoops of a 115-pound (52 kg) chocolate birthday cake at a party in the state capital Lucknow. The image of mostly high-caste men feeding a Dalit (formerly "Untouchable") woman was an incredibly powerful one in a country where discrimination based on caste has been banned for more than half a century but where many of the old barriers and prejudices endure. Just in case Mayawati...
...came to mock. coffee for $600 a pound? Fifty dollars for a pack of three 1-lb. (0.45 kg) tubes of butter? A liter of olive oil for $182? A $120 bottle of beer? I am an intolerable food snob, but I am also from middle-class New Jersey, and the upper reaches of the grocery aisles can make me want to smash something, like a tiny bottle of $145 balsamic vinegar that comes in a box with a 106-page book...
...have many fans in the traditional sense of the word, Bienvenu says they’re going to work their way up the charts with a fail-proof plan for fame. “This is our recipe for success—or rather sexcess: a pound of…umm…I always forget this recipe.” His bandmate was quick to help him out. “A pound of rhythm,” Decther says. “A pound is a lot,” Bienvenu replies. “Two cups...