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...Vinsons got another jolt shortly thereafter when they discovered that if they didn't spend all the money remaining on the cards within six months, the issuing bank would begin subtracting a monthly $2.50 dormancy fee from each one and the cards' value would expire altogether by 2005. "I thought I was buying something that would be worth $50 and would be good forever, just like a gift certificate," says Norman. "It was very irritating because nobody told me anything [about all the conditions] up front." The joy that millions will feel when they find prepaid cards in their Christmas...
...just wasn’t funny, I told them sheepishly, over an incredibly awkward schmooze at Daedalus. As an associate, I was in awe of Rachel E. Dry’s seemingly endless store of random knowledge. During editors’ meetings, whenever she would begin a sentence, “Is this dumb...” the rest of us knew she was about to pitch some incredibly off-beat, but incredibly interesting story. Rachel always seemed to know which obscure academic to contact for a story, or what former Crimed could be a potential source...
Despite the relative ease of the process, I am indebted to Magazine Editor Sarah M. Seltzer ’05 for making it more than endurable. Her laugh is essential to getting me through the night. Tonight, for example, as midnight approached and the proofing process had yet to begin, I turned to Sarah. Despite being incapacitated by a nasty flu, she had, as always, kind words to offer...
...Crimson president stood up not one, but two sophomores who hoped to waltz into the evening with her at separate House formals last weekend? The head honcho’s British beau snatched her away mid-formal on Friday night, and she called in sick before the festivities could begin on Saturday. “I hope you’ll accept these flowers as a consolation,” she wrote in an apologetic note to the latter gentleman. Not quite a fairy tale ending...
Neffinger said he did not know about the status of physical facilities for the new school, but according to a Kennedy School press release, representatives of the school will begin working in Dubai next March...