It’s past Memorial Day, and while some high school seniors are sporting new college sweatshirts, others are still in purgatory on a waitlist. The bad news
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Forget Fame! Eurovision Crowns No Names From Azerbaijan
In the run-up to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, celebrity contestants dominated the headlines and the bookies’ odds tables. Britain’s boy band Blue — who have sold 13 million records worldwide since 2001 — flew the British flag.
Study: Gay Men, like Women, Better at Remembering Faces
There are few men in the world who haven’t muttered a quiet word of thanks to the anonymous man who invented the name tag, that “Hello, my name is” accessory that can be such a lifesaver at cocktail parties. It’s not certain, of course, that a man invented it, but the odds are good, since so many males — far more than females — would be helpless without it
Female Soldiers and Rape: War Within for Military Women
What does it tell us that female soldiers deployed overseas stop drinking water after 7 p.m.
Catastrophe Guide: How to Survive Disaster, Earthquakes
When a plane crashes or the earth shakes, we tend to view the survivors as the lucky ones. Had they been in the next seat or the apartment across the street, they would have perished.
Sport: Grand National, Apr. 6, 1931
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