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...hopefuls,” Dawson said. “I was definitely hoping for an invitation to the combine.”Unfortunately for Dawson, after weeks of training, that invitation did not come.“At first I was a little disappointed, but after talking to my agent and a lot of different NFL people, I found out that I was just a few votes short of getting that invitation,” Dawson said.“I quickly got over it,” he added.The NFL combine brings together representatives from all 32 NFL teams...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dawson Shakes Off NFL Combine Snub | 3/13/2007 | See Source »

...East Timor. Timor-Leste. Timor Lorosae. Timor Timur. No wonder the world is confused. My travel agent in Bangkok was baffled, too. When I asked him to book a ticket, his computer gave up and returned only one word: "Error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East of, Uh, Timor | 3/10/2007 | See Source »

...work weekends anymore) and finish up by saying yes to your relationship with Dad (together, let's figure out how we can get the work done and let me spend time with my family). Ury highlights great no-sayers, from Gandhi to Warren Buffett to Larry Bird's agent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Almost Everyone Has Trouble Saying No | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...Namesake,” he immediately began a campaign to be in the cast. Yet he would not have succeeded without the help of two well-placed fans of “Harold and Kumar.”“I had all my managers and agents and people who usually help me with these things call her office, and there were no phone calls returned. And then I called myself, and there were no phone calls returned,” Penn explains. “Then I decided to write her a letter telling her exactly...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kal Penn Finds Cultural Roots, Turns Serious in ‘Namesake’ | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...open invitations to reach across the novelistic fourth wall.When Smiley attempts snappy banter, the result is badly scripted conversation. Take this scene at an outdoor pool: Max’s 23-year-old daughter reclines among a pile of towels with her father’s Hollywood agent, a man twice her age. She touches his erection.“She said, ‘It is hot.’ “‘And your hand is cold. I like that. It’s refreshing...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pultizer-Winner Smiley’s Sexy Protest Novel Doesn’t Quite Penetrate | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

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