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...runway in seductively skimpy bathing suits. During the show's final half-hour, the five remaining contestants donned bridal gowns and a mysterious man behind a screen--of which the audience and the contestants knew only one thing: his monetary worth--chose one extraordinarily lucky gal to be his bride...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Money Isn't Everything | 2/22/2000 | See Source »

...skeptical, skeptical, skeptical. Navigating Netscape is one thing, but programming techniques like C++ and Java make my skin crawl, much to the amusement of friends TF'ing CS50 who speak and think the language of code in the bowels of the Science Center. Steve Martin, in Father of the Bride, had my original attitude pegged exactly when he described his future son-in-law's job as an independent computer consultant: He said it was "code for 'unemployed.'" It just didn't seem possible that website obsession could ever become something more than hobby...

Author: By Alixandra E. Smith, | Title: A Fresh Case of Dot-com Fever | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

Crystal, who earned a BFA from New York University in 1970, was a substitute teacher in New York, playing comedy clubs in the city. He joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1984, and went on to star in such big screen hits as The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally and City Slickers...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hasty Pudding Announces Man and Woman of the Year | 2/2/2000 | See Source »

...with news cameras trained on the five-bedroom, four-bath residence, the President hastily bailed out of the Middle East peace talks to forestall video of Hillary spending her first night alone. The next morning, in their end-of-driveway press conference, the First Lady made like a young bride, ecstatic to be unpacking gewgaws from Arkansas circa 1983. This helped fend off thoughts about her as a carpetbagger in need of a new zip code, or worse, as the first First Lady to abdicate. For the moment, the Clintons diverted attention from the fact that they are the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary's Antiwar Movement | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

...good pass in a pro basketball game is identified as an "AT&T Great Connection." Politics is for sale; candidates buy public opinion to try to get elected. Love is for sale, or at least a variation of it. Last year a man in Minnesota advertised for a bride, hired friends to interview candidates, and wound up with what the market would bear, as did she. The wedding took place in the Mall of America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter To The Year 2100 | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

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