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...Last week a reader challenged me to write a column about colostrum. I would definitely be willing to write on such a hilarious topic if only I knew what the heck colostrum is. It sounds like it should be a nasal decongestant of some sort, and let me tell you, there is nothing funny about having a runny nose…unless your feet smell...
...lamented Jocelyn R. Sedlet ’10. Members of OK Go told The Crimson that they were equally surprised to be participating in the contest. “They just asked us to come here for an honorary membership, and they didn’t tell us any of the rest,” said guitarist Andy Ross, who told the audience that his interests include “kicking Harvard ass and taking names.” Drummer Dan Konopka said he and his cohorts spent the afternoon with the Poonsters in Connecticut playing a game called...
...hell. Remember the astronaut, who died this week at 84, for a lot of things, but put that particular bit of courage near the top of your list. Nobody, up until that moment, had ever told Kraft to go to hell, and the fact is, Schirra didn't tell him directly either. What he did do was tell Deke Slayton, the head of the astronaut corps, and he knew Slayton would tell Kraft, the director of all of the manned missions. Even when you're calling down your imprecation from the safe remove of the Apollo 7 command module high...
...least some of the captured suicide bombers interviewed by Berko say their motivation is the promise of paradise. Terrorist recruiters often tell male martyrs that a bevy of 72 virgins awaits them in heaven. But some women suicide bombers believe that in paradise they will become queens, while others are told by recruiters that no matter how old or grotesque they may be in this life, they will become the fairest of the 72 virgins that await each jihad warrior...
It’s the same for recruits. Do you mean to tell them that you want a kid to commit to an institution for four years and—in the Ivy League’s case—spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on tuition, and you can’t even pick up the phone to give him a call...