21 January 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 21 Jan 2010 F.B.I. agents sting U.S. arms makers attempting to bribe foreign officials. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill I agrees with Pat Robertson, compares Haiti to Kazakhstan. Egypt's heat and humidity help to generate a cotton boll with long, firm fibers. How to make a shirt. A journey through the O.E.D. reveals a hidden typographic history of the English language. Weekend activity time: Tell us your cure for the common cold. Washington is full of people who love to pass along a good tale. The art of leaking. Mailbag: You kid the National Book Award and the National Book Award will kid you back. To appreciate the gastronomic high of a French Laundry meal, a writer succeeds it with a McDonald's binge, which bears its own addictions. Tattoo locations and what they say about you. Texas Tech to publish a report claiming a link between number of tattoos and level of social deviance; "intimate piercings" also count. Report: Number sounds influence consumers, small sounds add up to big spending. Artist refashions shopping carts for the home and garden. Illustrations of 69 Love Songs by the Magnetic Fields.
