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...enough of the spicy prawn curry), this is a marvelous way to catch glimpses of Indian life-from women washing clothes on the banks to fishermen selling their catch from boats. Some shore-based sight-seeing is included, while cultural programs and traditional dances enliven the evenings. The standard four-day cruise costs $2,000. Visit www.oberoivrinda.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cruise Control | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

Piaf's life story is as familiar to the French as her catalog of hits. And like any good tale, it's often told with much poetic license. The standard version goes something like this: born on a Paris sidewalk, Piaf was raised in her grandmother's brothel in Normandy before her acrobat father took her back to her birthplace. After cabaret owner Louis Leplée discovered her singing in the street, Piaf was soon topping the bill in the city's most exalted venues and conquering America. Oh, and don't forget the miracle that cured her childhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long Shadow of a French Chanteuse | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...another nation, then we ought to be able to look its ordinary citizens straight in the eyes before killing them for their own good. And please spare those people speeches about how it is only their government we hate, not them. If the whole world operated by that standard, Prime Minister Tony Blair's Britain and President George W. Bush's U.S. would have been invaded a good four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 12, 2007 | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

ATLANTA Elton John and Usher both purchased their Vans at hip boutique Standard, where the Era ($40) is the hot style right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The A List: Sneakers | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

...rule that no class without a midterm and a final will be considered. The Task Force on General Education’s recent report specifically rejects this, asserting that the new Standing Committee on General Education “should not impose a one-format-fits-all standard (amount of reading, number of exams, and so on) on general education courses.” It is up to the legislative committee to write this lenient philosophy into the new general education system and to construct a Standing Committee on General Education that is more flexible than its current counterpart.It...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Count More Classes | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

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