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...yukata robe that ends about mid-thigh, soothing New Age music on the stereo, a burning candle jammed in my ear. My skin care specialist explains that the hollow candle will create a gentle vacuum to draw out excess ear wax, impurities, maybe some loose change. I'm somewhat dubious-with a 20-cm candle sticking out the side of my head, I feel less like David Beckham than a human birthday cake-but this technique was used by the ancient Egyptians, and a civilization that knew how to extract the brain via the nose probably had no trouble removing...
...Laundry"--the Napa Valley restaurant considered by some to be America's best--"it's like you want to stop a third of the way through because it's so amazing ... By the end, you're like, 'Uncle. Stop.'" Not surprisingly, both De Laurentiis' and Goin's portions are somewhat smaller than what most chefs serve. Their books offer chicken recipes that specify tiny 3-oz. (De Laurentiis) and 5-oz. (Goin) morsels of fowl per guest...
...what they chose," says the firm's managing director, Michel de la Giraudière. "I don't know why they favored an active system over a passive one, but I do know not everyone was of the same opinion. They wanted a certain efficacy, and the discussion was somewhat political...
...They greet his sardonic understatement with appreciative howls. The speech starts with a warm celebration of the site?s achievements (including the somewhat dubious claim that Jon Tester owes his primary Senate victory in Montana to them and not to his opponent?s zipper problem) and then becomes self-congratulatory, boasting about the insurgent primary challenge to Joe Lieberman, where the incumbent now leads by only 55-40. The message of these triumphs? That the ?riffraff? has triumphed over the elite. It?s all very empowering, though the speech?s crescendo is about how the liberal blogosphere propelled Stephen Colbert...
...happened, although luck and my interest in economics played a part. Whatever the cause, for nine months I was invited into the world of Mass. Hall, an opportunity I took advantage of a dozen or so times. On those days, he transformed from President Summers, a somewhat high and mighty figure, into Larry, a trusted adviser, mentor, and friend who genuinely cared about my undergraduate experience and, by proxy, the entire student body.I first met Larry on my third full day at Harvard for my first freshman advising meeting. I still remember walking through the big green door...