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...happened to be on TV last year and thanking them for lowering themselves. (Attention Emmy voters: Juliette Lewis has not been a movie star since 1994.) The same went for this year's best miniseries award, which went to the mediocre Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken. Emmy voters, you can bet, got as far as reading "Steven Spielberg Pre--" before deciding that...
Glickman noted that Kennedy became interested in politics at Harvard—and said he bet there were some other future politicians in the crowd...
...used to be a betting man,” Bennett said. “I’m not a betting man anymore. With the United States, I would not bet against...
...other perks that might breed class resentment are frowned upon; everyone flies coach, including the CEO. De Luca roams the halls to chat with lower-level staffers and encourages everyone to e-mail him with ideas. A few years ago, he dyed his hair pink after losing a bet with an employee. That sent the signal, he says, that "the boss may be crazy, but he's somebody I can talk...
...into the background,” he says. “Students shouldn’t have to think about the registrar too much. After all, how many students can remember the name of their registrar after they graduate? But I bet they can remember the names of the professors who most influenced their lives...