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...result is something to eat. I am impatiently waiting for the Gastrovac to go into mass production. Suzanne Dokolas Athens Re "Nuclear implosion," on how traditional family structures are giving way to new, improvised setups: a patchwork of competing cultural factors is prompting European families to adopt a wider variety of living situations. In rural Catholic regions, e.g., Pope Benedict XVI's birthplace in Bavaria, people still appreciate traditional gender roles: men make money, while women stick to kids and kitchen. But Western egocentrism invites young couples to reduce family to a meager dinks model (double income, no kids...
...laws preventing Harvard Square businesses from selling beer, wine, or liquor are impractical. “It’s silly,” said Christopher N. Sutton, a student at the Kennedy School of Government who signed the petition. “It sort of reflects the wider Mass. law,” But in 1986, the CLC passed a policy on the sale of alcoholic beverages, capping the number of locations in the Square that could receive licensing. Smile Thai Cafe is one of 90 restaurants in Harvard Square and one of the 70 members of Harvard Square...
Martin posits that student isolation from the wider community may be at the heart of the student-activism disconnect...
...this constantly since the debate erupted in Britain over whether Muslim women should wear full-face veils. Prime Minister Tony Blair has backed calls by his party's parliamentary leader, Jack Straw, that Muslim women in Britain should refrain from covering their full faces, particularly when dealing with the wider society. The indignation of British Muslims - their refusal, really, to even have a conversation about the issue - strikes me as particularly delusional, given the climate of post-9/11 Europe. It would be like me traipsing as an American into hostile, post-Taliban Afghanistan, imagining I could bare my hair...
...video was riotously funny, and a UBS employee soon leaked it to the wider world. But beyond the chortles, young Aleksey’s credentials and “drive to succeed” also struck a chord with the e-recruiting ethos. The video was featured on MSNBC, whose Donny Deutsch declared “I would hire this guy sight unseen.” Credit Suisse, and possibly other firms, gave Vayner an interview...