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...Dancing Baby is one of the few things to successfully transition from the Internet to television. Justin B. Wood '98 observes, "It's advertising, looking for shock value. We're so numb to advertising now, they need something with shock value." Shocking indeed. The Dancing Baby attracts the attention of even the most distracted viewers with its unnatural gyrations. As Angela L. Kung '99 suggests, "People like the strange, the new." Reflecting on the broader implications of the Dancing Baby, Jimmy S. Lee '99 adds, "It's all about transcending the limits of societal constraints...
...Winthrop House resident tutor and student at Harvard Medical School, suggests why some may find it disturbing, explaining, "It's kind of robbing the baby's innocence--a real baby physically cannot move like that." Since dancing often has sexual connotations, many find the Dancing Baby almost pedophilic. As Wood notes, "It's sexualizing an infant...
...ENERGY SUPPLY Coal 74% Wood...
...abuse of prisoners with shock devices has occurred in at least 50 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. "Torturers seem to be discovering that electroshock stun weapons are ideal for their evil purposes--cheap, easy to conceal and hard to trace," says Brian Wood, who tracks the weapons internationally for Amnesty. TIME's own investigation found few international controls over the devices, along with disturbing evidence that stun guns from the U.S., Asia and Europe wind up in countries whose governments practice torture...
...starts me on a tour of the facility and soon I learn that the building is a landmark, and that the club is just a shade older than the 14th amendment. The first thing we visit is the wood-paneled Grill Room, an area that could pass for Harvard's thirteenth dining hall. That is, except for the welcome absence of keycard swiping and trays. "And the food is better," Ms. Simpson hastens to mention...