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...about numbers, he broke down his early career into statistics. His MIT blackjack team set out with $89,000 and doubled their money in 10 weeks, he said, averaging $170 in profit an hour. There were some troubles, Kaplan admitted, such as the time a team member left a bag of $125,000 in an MIT classroom after blackjack practice and only recovered it weeks later. After the event ended, students practiced counting their own decks of cards and talked about their tactics. “After seeing this presentation, I’ve definitely been inspired...
...nice. It’s a really great tournament and very well run.” Shuman excelled in round one, peppering his scorecard with birdies—five of them—and only running into trouble on the sixth. After a solid round two, a mixed bag third round—eagling the 11th but picking up two double bogeys—Shuman solidified his hold on tenth place. Shuman was one of only five players to eagle in the tournament and the only in round three. Mayer’s rounds displayed more consistency. Shooting even...
...supertiebreaker loss. “I’m just going to say it was one of those days when I couldn’t find the court.”Kumar’s match at No. 1 appeared to be in the bag, with Kumar serving at 5-4 in the second set with three match points. But then Kumar careened off the rails, hitting four straight double faults. He never recovered his swagger from that dry spell, eventually losing 3-6, 7-6, 11-9.—Staff writer Jonathan B. Steinman can be reached...
...audience laugh, but to make them as uncomfortable as possible. If you can endure the first half of the film, you’ll be rewarded with the introduction of the supporting cast in the second half. As with his other films, Apatow was able to reach into his bag of funny “average Joe” sidekicks and pull out Bill Hader (“Superbad”), Paul Rudd (“Knocked Up”), Jonah Hill (“Superbad”), and newcomer Russell Brand. Together, these actors create the most ridiculous, most...
...problem is that those backing the bans seem to be confused as to the true impact of these flimsy sacks. Alderman Sam Shropshire, sponsor of a bill to ban them in Annapolis, Md., last year (the ban was rejected in Novermber) compares plastic bag use to DDT: “It’s wrong, it’s immoral,” he says, “They’re inundating our environment...