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...forced to speak in complete sentences, I was talking to a friend while drinking a full-fat frappacino at Starbucks. “God,” I said, “The early 90s were so wack! Meg Ryan must have been out of her mind when she wore those weird ankle boots in ‘French Kiss.’ She looks so incredibly dumb and lame!” “I agree,” said my friend. “ Ankle boots are so bizarre, one would have to have an undulating brain...
...dislike the veil. But last year, when I spent a month reporting from all over Afghanistan, I wore one the entire time - because Afghan society cannot yet tolerate unveiled women, and I wanted to connect with people and do my job effectively. I could have gone bare-headed, but it would have sent the hostile message that I didn't care about integrating with the society around me. Did I enjoy having to reconsider my anti-veil stance? Of course not. I detested how wobbly the veil made my beliefs feel, and I trashed it on my flight...
...have a good idea of what I’m going to do...I spent my summer working for Shinsei, a bank in Tokyo. It was super-corporate,” she says. “But at night, I wore these crazy outfits. I could get away with wearing anything.” Her outfit, she explains, will merge those worlds...
This inalienable fact does not stop the men of Harvard from wearing bowties. In fact, before I came to Harvard, I was unaware that people who were not clowns actually wore bowties. Now, it seems that every time I walk to class I am confronted by some man wearing a bow tie whistling a piano sonata. It’s very strange. Harvard kids also seem to prefer their bowties in garish prints, like green with pink polka dots, or some mildly ironic permutation on traditionally preppy graphic themes, like embroidered anchors...
...Tammy Lowery couldn't see the blood vessels rupturing in her gut, but the way she was feeling, she didn't have to. Lowery had been sick for five days, growing steadily worse as the week wore on. First had come the stomach pains. Then the bloody diarrhea. Then the paralyzing cramps. She had laid off food for a while, figuring the problem would pass. It didn't. Finally, as July 4 approached-when Lowery should have been at the Alpine, Wyoming, gift shop where she works, preparing for the crush of campers and tourists who make the Independence...