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...gift giving to needy folk, and nominated a guardian of seafarers. After his bones were removed by Italian raiders to the port of Bari in 1087, prisoners, prostitutes, pawnbrokers and others flocked to his patronage. Soon, every Christian city wanted a piece of him, and relic hunters provided fingers, hair and teeth upon which to build churches. Reaching Amsterdam around 1300, he eventually became a supplier of goodies to kids, as shown in the 1907 postcard at left. And it was Dutch pilgrims who took him to America, where, in 19th century New York City, frothy writers and advertisers turned...
...Lovely Shanghainese" that instructs citizens to give up bus seats to the elderly, urinate directly into the toilet and refrain from stealing plants from parks. The campaign has recruited 800,000 volunteers to help direct Shanghai's chaotic traffic and asks civil servants not to dye their hair exotic shades like red, green or blue...
...It’s the hair,” he says, with a wry grin...
Despite his low-key personality, Steven Pinker is a national figure, and his name has been used in comic strips and on websites (he says he’s a proud member of the “Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club For Scientists?...
...convicted car thief and a deposed don against corrupt law enforcement and an oil-greed government conspiracy. Dostoyevsky this ain’t, but it’s more thought-provoking than the average Fox drivel. So, if next week a prisoner is made to eat his own hair or the vice-president tries to have the prison burned down, don’t be surprised. But don’t feel guilty enjoying it either! No, seriously, don’t feel guilty...