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...revenue consisted solely of advertisements and small venture capital gains. Then, a corporate takeover was intiated by Delia’s, an online teenage retail store, in early 2000. The latest acquisition by publishing giant Barnes and Noble in March 2001, however, promises to revolutionize Sparknotes forever. Rumors abound that the takeover will mean that Sparknotes online will no longer be free and that Barnes and Noble is envisioning the study guide as a direct competitor to Cliff’s Notes. Yagan denies these rumors, though. He continually asserts that, “Barnes and Noble does not have...
...Rumors abound that a secret FBI list also places Harvard as the fifth most-likely terrorist target in America—rumors that both the FBI and University administrators deny. Students fled town on the weekend of the Sept. 22, when an e-mail rumor stated that there would be “bloodshed” in the Hub that Saturday...
...cash-strapped league, His Airness has signed a two-year contract with his Washington Wizards. This is probably the first time in the history of the NBA that the temporary resignation of a part owner and director of basketball operations has caused a run on season tickets. The questions abound: Can he play? Can he play well enough to lift a team that has made the play-offs exactly once in the past 13 years? What effect will 82 games on wooden floors have on his 38-year-old knees? And finally, why? Jordan insists he's doing...
...restaurant while FM was dining, commenting on the clientele would not mean much. However, from past experience, the Olé patrons are well-versed in the ways of Mexican food and are prepared to ask for their menu wishes in the accent of the Oaxacans. Typical Cambridgey people abound; sanctimonious and dressed in Birks and burlap, they feast on authenticity, while their Boston sisters simply eat because Olé was named “Best of Boston” about 800 times by Boston Magazine. For the latter, the magazine’s picks rate about as highly...
Rave reviews abound concerning the revamped cardiovascular exercise room and the three new and improved weight rooms. The unisex weight room boasts refreshing air conditioning, and as John V. Mulcahy ’04 notes about all three rooms, “There are more machines than I know what to do with!” Whether buffing abs, arms, legs or chest strike your fancy, the new equipment promises to transform, with time, an athletically intrepid Harvardian into a hulking mass of muscle—or at least a sweatier version of his or her former self...