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Decorating rules: Her rules probably include seeking perfect symmetry and balance. A ruler is necessary to get the pictures as well-lined up as she has on her one wall. That takes more time and effort than I would bother spending decorating, but I like the effect. Also, she sticks in as many cute posters and Disney dolls as possible—she’s probably a really sweet girl...
...things like equipment, fitness (he blew out a knee last season) and start position--the higher the better, and the better you ski, the higher the start position you get. "There are people who can make a mistake and stay on the course and finish 15th," he says. Why bother? "For me and a lot of the other top guys, we don't make those kinds of mistakes anymore...
...cruise through the official formalities to find my girlfriend's xiao gugu, or little auntie, waiting for us. It's after 9 p.m. but Xiao Gugu, a high-school Chinese literature teacher and staunch epicure, has plotted out an evening of eating. (When flying to Taipei, don't bother touching a morsel on the plane.) We head to Liaoning Street in northeast Taipei where vendors famous for their seafood concoctions line the crowded alley. Xiao Gugu waves us over to a woman who is ladling taro batter onto a round grill. We watch as she nonchalantly cracks two eggs over...
...torture has become palatable enough for Harvard’s legal scholars to debate its merits is testament to that fact. And no matter where the debate ends up, Alan Dershowitz is sure to play a central role in getting it there. So don’t bother writing to tell him how disappointed...
...banking, especially this year, is a cruel mistress and Pete did not get any job offers. By his count, he applied to 10 companies and got 10 fairly prompt rejection notices, with nary an invitation to even a first-round interview. Credit Suisse First Boston didn’t bother to inform him of its decision, while one industrious firm rejected him twice...