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During the summer of my 13th year, my father took me to Japan as a bar mitzvah present. One night in Osaka, we met one of his Japanese business partners at a restaurant, where I was thrilled to learn two geisha awaited us. But my excitement quickly turned to disappointment: the geisha were hardly the sexpots I had envisioned; they were very old, at least 30, and their idea of a good time was getting everyone to play a variety of childish games involving twisted paper napkins...
...going to be the President of the society next year? Congratulations! How many members do you have?NSR: (Pause) Right now?RR: Yes…NSR: Three.RR: Oh. Okay. Well, have you ever used crossword puzzles to pick up girls?NSR: No.RR: Would you?NSR: Yes, if you could present me with concrete evidence that it would work.RR: I’d bet you’d make a great boyfriend. You’re good at reading between the lines.Elizabeth RehfeldRoving Reporter (RR): What’s your favorite crossword clue of all time?Elizabeth Rehfeld (ER): Oh golly...
...meeting last night, with only Mayor E. Denise Simmons and Alfred F. Fantini supporting Turk, who is black. The decision marks the end of a nationwide search that began in December, one month after former Superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn’s early departure. The choice polarized those present, with some of Turk’s supporters alleging the decision had racial motivations. Three-quarters of those present at the vote stood up and left the room when Young’s selection was announced. Young’s supporters cited his qualifications and outsider perspective, while detractors questioned...
...shouldn't. Controversial radio therapist and self-help guru Dr. Laura Schlessinger argues that mothers' careers belong on the back burner while they raise their children themselves. A self-described "recovering feminist," Schlessinger says watching a documentary on childbirth at age 35 summoned the maternal instincts she believes are present in even the most "liberated" of women. She spoke with TIME about her tough-love advice, her talking action figure and her 12th book, In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms. (Read "What Mother Nature Teaches Us About Motherhood...
...should step up in its own efforts to battle the militants. "What is not helpful is saying that it is someone else's war," she says. "Yes, it may have arisen from interventions in the past such as in the Afghan jihad, but this is a very clear [and] present challenge. Whether it is homegrown or not, it is now in Pakistan, and solutions can only come up at a national level. International intervention has never really worked here. We have to own it as our own problem now. It is our country. Our land. We have to face...