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The tradition of paying to eat a meal at a table alongside strangers can be traced, as so many other dining customs can be, to 18th century France. A 1786 decree ordered caterers, who once fed the nobility in their palaces, to serve all customers in shops. The shared tables...
Oakmont revels in playing mind tricks. "Another player told me that you'll probably putt at least one if not two balls off the green each day," says Shaun Micheel, winner of the 2003 PGA Championship. "Aw, man, that's already put me in a bad way." The player who...
Derek C. Bok has revived the president’s annual report, assessing his year in Harvard’s highest office and looking at the University’s future in a 34-page letter set to be released this morning. The “President’s...
The opportunity lay, once again, in local tradition - specifically in reviving the intricate Siwan embroidery on shawls, dresses and wedding dresses, an art which had been slowly deteriorating. Laila Neamatallah first approached local grandmothers, urging them to pass their embroidery skills on to their daughters and granddaughters, proposing that the...
Despite - or perhaps because of - their financial independence, the young women of Siwa Creations have also become sought-after brides. Yet, once married, local tradition still precludes them from working outside the home. A married women in Siwa is permitted to work at home, but her priority is her husband...