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...Charlie Sheen, is about to become the best-paid actor in a comedy on TV. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sheen will earn about $350,000 an episode for his role as a smart-mouthed single on CBS's Two and a Half Men. Looks as if being a bachelor will pay off for him on all fronts...
...Washington was rife with speculation that Foley resigned so quickly Friday because there might be similar e-mail or instant messages lying in the hard drives of other teens in the capital. But another reason is just as likely: Foley, a bachelor, has frequently worked to squelch rumors that he is gay. In 2003, he called a press conference expressly to insist that he would not answer questions about his sexuality as he prepared for a possible, but ultimately aborted Senate...
...reach out to low-income families is growing. "We need to reassure low-income students that they have a place at the table," Farmer said. According to the Department of Education's Sept. 2006 report, 1.4 to 2.4 million students of lower- or middle-income status will not receive bachelor's degrees in the current decade, an increase from the projected 1 to 1.6 million in the 1990s...
...Americans take our time off so seriously that you can now get a Ph.D. in leisure studies at Penn State and 17 other renowned universities. That's right--a doctorate, not just a bachelor's. It's such an up-and-coming field in academe that there is an actual shortage of qualified educators. We don't have enough people to teach leisure. I am tempted to make a joke about this, but I don't want to incur the wrath of the leisure scientists. They'll beat me up with lawn chairs...
...procrastinator." BETTY MCNEIL, 82, the oldest member of Harvard's Class of 2006, on why it took her seven years to get her bachelor's degree in liberal arts...