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...Saturday, the professorial superstar posted a brave confession on his infamous blog—aptly subtitled "Random Observations for Students of Economics"—that detailed his most recent venture into the confusing world of music. In an entry titled "What I've been listening to," Mankiw writes...
...brave to be vulnerable again. It gives the world, and me, so much hope." - Annelise Peterson, the maid of honor at Uchitel's 2004 wedding (New York Times...
...journalists who in turn covered the proceedings. If the world learned about the cases of rape and extrajudicial killings that made Iran's human-rights record so notorious, it was because Ebadi disclosed them by going before the judiciary. (Read TIME's 2003 article on Ebadi, "She Is Very Brave...
...Italy's Lake Como. The Italian body of water, he wrote, "touches the limit of the permissibly picturesque." Atitlan, however, "is Como with the additional embellishment of several immense volcanoes. It is really too much of a good thing." Guatemalans have interpreted this declaration by the author of Brave New World to mean that Lake Atitlan is the most beautiful lake in the world - which is the billing on most of the tourist brochures, despite Huxley's ambivalent phrasing...
...Beef-brisket noodles are a Hong Kong specialty, and many say that this neighborhood stalwart (21 Gough Street) serves up the city's best. Brave the inevitable queues to sample the rich, deeply flavorful beef broth, the firm, springy egg noodles and the deliciously tender, stewed-for-hours brisket, which yields to the gentlest bite...