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...smooth journey or punctual arrival. Top speeds of 300 km/h may turn the passing paddy fields into a green blur, but you'll hear few complaints about the aircraft-style seats or the politeness of the conductors. Plan on breakfast in Tokyo and dinner in Hakata, famous for its ramen. See www.japanrail.com. DARWIN-ADELAIDE: Dust storms, 50˚C heat, floods, and having supplies airlifted to stranded trains were all part of traveling aboard the Ghan, Australia's legendary outback train, during the early 20th century. Thankfully, the big skies and red dust are all appreciated from the air-conditioned...
...first suggestion for reducing cheating at Harvard is to abolish the Internet on campus. I know this is a bold proposal, considering that many of you spend 23 hours a day on the Web, taking breaks only to make some Ramen noodles and apply some medicinal drops to your blood-shot eyes (my roommate, September 2005-present). The Internet just makes plagiarism too easy and too tempting. A quick visit to a Web site and a cheater can easily write a paper on a book that he has never read (www.cliffsnotes.com). Often, cheating is the last resort of someone...
...former Australian consul-general in Osaka, John Montgomery, and a booklet was prepared, subtitled "Food and the Getting of It" and setting out such cultural niceties as the proper pronunciation of Kyoto (kyo-to not ki-yo-too) and how to order up big in a noodle bar: ramen oh-mori! The most important phrase? "Probably onegaishimasu," says tour manager John Glenn. "Please can you help me. And just being able to say thank you, arrigato. Or arrigato gozaimasu, thank you very much." In a society as formal as Japan's, knowing the difference can be crucial...
...good and lecture on their areas of expertise. One enthusiastic TF, who had just gotten back from spending a year in Tokyo, delighted students with her appreciation for one of the assigned movies, “Tanpopo,” which is about searching for the perfect bowl of Ramen. Some students couldn’t quite shake their impression that Professor Andrew Gordon was having a young friend help him dress in the morning—some of his sweaters were just a bit too cool for him, and his down North Face jacket looked like it belonged...
Enough underwear and socks so that you never have to do laundry? Check. Lacoste polos to “fit in” when you go out at night? Check. Industrial-sized crate of Red Bull? Check. Enough Ramen Noodles to feed a medium-sized village in the third world? Check...