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...That was in the 1960s. Modern Eton is less of a hothouse, less self-involved and all-consuming. "You hear about weird stuff like [what happened to Fraser] from a long time ago, but I never heard anything like that happening when I was there," says a student who finished in 2004. The practice of "fagging," where younger boys acted as servants to older ones, ended in 1980; now two incidents of bullying a younger boy can result in expulsion. Corporal punishment is banned. The boys are allowed out more on weekends. A Muslim tutor was recently appointed. The role...
...buck or two, a fraction of the cost at Apple's iTunes store. In Britain, the site garners 14% of the online music market, second only to iTunes. "I've probably downloaded a couple hundred songs," says Don Goldberg, a public relations consultant in Washington. "It's stuff you can't find elsewhere...
...century has seen the number of democracies and republics in the world explode from 40 to about 120. Monarchs, as a consequence, have come to seem as obsolete as court jesters or princesses in towers. For nine out of 10 people in the world, royalty is the stuff of fairy tales...
...clubs, raves, and even weddings. One paper went so far as to list Bollywood stars living in Bombay who are rumored to have hefty coke habits. A particularly juicy allegation making the rounds is that wealthy Indians frequently use 500 rupee notes - worth around ten dollars - to snort the stuff...
...third appearance at a European-hosted World Cup tournament, this much we can say: U.S. fans now have this fussball stuff down. "We struggled through the hard years. Now we belong," said attorney Dave Cattie, 31, as he wrestled in line for the right to buy a Bud for three and a half Euros. Budweiser in Germany? Oh, that. The Germans were outraged that an American brewer had the beer concession, but Anheuser Busch knows how to play global marketing as well as anyone: money talks, especially at FIFA, the world soccer body. Nevertheless, AB had to allow a local...