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...college admissions examination has deservedly been criticized for a wide variety of reasons—it is socioeconomically and racially biased, relies on a bunch of constantly recycled tricks and allows high scores to be bought with expensive preparatory classes. Unfortunately, the College Board’s proposed changes, while well-intentioned, would not actually improve the test...
When Conan O'Brien's sidekick quit his Late Night gig in 2000, the headlines might as well have read ANDY RICHTER LOSES MIND. Richter, 35, seemed the definition of a lucky stiff. An actor-comic whose brief pre-Conan resume included doing stage productions of Brady Bunch scripts, he was now being paid to sit on a couch, scope out the guests' jowls for plastic-surgery scars and make wisecracks. "There were some days when I would joke to people, 'If I play my cards right, I won't have to say a word tonight,'" he says...
...Hook cryptic crossword-puzzle clue - "shining silver trash" - for which the answer is "aglitter" (silver = AG; trash = litter); the movie gleams like a diamond trying to pass itself off as a rhinestone. A truck dumps a pack of newspapers in front of a newsstand, and they flop, like a bunch of fish the papers will soon be wrapping, just as Bernstein's horns scream to a finish...
...don’t think I really perform.” The Murphys come across as a group of average guys who love music, love the crowd and just plain know how to have a good time. On stage, Casey called himself and the band “a bunch of shmucks” and went on to disparage their singing and musical abilities. It was his way of saying “We’re just a bunch of regular guys, but thank you for loving us so much.” Quality of musicianship...
...never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly. Just looking at a potato, I like to pat it. There's something so pleasant about a big baking potato or a whole bunch of peas in their shells. I'll be turning 90 soon, and to me, the kitchen has never stopped being a place just full of possibilities and pleasures...