Word: tiara
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...subsidy. And the whole system, according to a recent report, is lubricated by $33.5 billion a year in bribes. Russia is, after all, a developing economy, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development warns that its "recovery is likely to continue to run out of steam." Wearing the tiara of a market economy won't change that, but it might just give Russia the boost it needs to get down to the less glamorous business of serious reform. DIGITAL VIDEO A BBC Show That's Hard to Ignore Since zenith invented remote control in the 1950s, life has often...
...concealer to my blemished face. Post-pageant, with my bouquet of roses dying and my breasts in the trash can, I assumed I would resume the mundane, insular life where I’m mildly anti-social and invariably celibate (the latter not by choice). But the rhinestone-studded tiara and the crimson-colored sash resting on my bookshelf haven’t started collecting dust just yet. Instead, they seem to pop up in every conversation I have, in newspapers and on the Internet. Sometimes I feel like my title is tattooed to my forehead as random passersby take...
...swimsuit competition. Another online news site, entitled “Campus Nonsense: Exposing Left-Wing Lunacy,” featured the story as well. In the same segment where they criticize a Stanford protest against Condoleezza Rice’s selection as commencement speaker, the pageant rears its tiara-topped head. “I haven’t heard anyone mention the choice of a drag-queen as Miss Harvard,” the author writes. “Personally, I take the libertarian approach to these events, but suspect that some of you out there would be interested...
...open people up. Beauty queens are supposedly ultra-caring and beautiful, and I don’t mind hiding behind that facade, even if it isn’t totally accurate. Throughout the trip I met amazing people, all of whom seemed to respond to talk of the tiara. From Miss Tunnicliff, who admired the whiskers finally growing back on my legs, to the other volunteers, who broke the ice by taking scandalous pictures of Miss Harvard in the hot tub, the crown facilitates relationship building. Apparently drag queens leave an impression...
...didn’t know about my tiara, nor did he know about my sash. There were no cameras for me to smile into and the trash can with my breasts was literally a thousand miles away. Still, I carried with me the silly notion that I am Miss Harvard. I know that the title has gone to my head and that I’ve exaggerated its importance. I know there is no Miss Ivy League pageant to prepare for, no events for me to speak at and no official duties to perform. But the crown has reminded...