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...late 1970s, when inflation was at times hitting double digits, colleges battled to hold their cost lines. Faculty salaries lost 20% of their purchasing power. New construction and debt service were deferred, while energy and maintenance costs skyrocketed. Now the bills are coming due. Faculties, for example, are getting catch-up raises averaging 7.2% across the nation...
Outside, on Wildlife Road, 100 more reporters and photographers waited, hoping to catch a glimpse of the bride and bridegroom, or at least of some of the 200 guests. They included Pop Artist Andy Warhol, Actress Rosanna Arquette (who co-starred with the bride in Desperately Seeking Susan) and Brat Pack Members Emilio Estevez and Judd Nelson. TV Talk Show Host David Letterman was also there, as were Cher (in purple hair), Diane Keaton, Record Producer David Geffen and Penn's friend Timothy Hutton. But the reporters never saw Madonna or Penn enter or leave...
...some judge of acting," he later remarked to reporters, "so I don't think he was acting." Gorbachev looked so intently at Reagan that the President momentarily forgot that the Soviet leader does not speak English, and he kept talking without giving the interpreter a chance to catch up. Gorbachev had to hold up his hand to get Reagan to pause for translation. Reagan later recalled that he had told a couple of jokes and wondered why he did not get a laugh...
...More Funny Stuff Ze's Page www.zefrank.com The site began four years ago with "How To Dance Properly," a series of short looped video clips that web designer Frank posted online to amuse friends. The link was passed around like a virus you wanted to catch; within days millions had logged on, and a Web star was born. Today, Ze's page hosts a huge collection of interactive toys and games, comedic writings and humorous video monologues...
...gaming companies. Next up, Shanda, in collaboration with Intel, hopes to introduce a set-top box that will enable users to access everything from news, music and movies to games and online auction sites. Currently, only 20 million Chinese own computers, but 330 million have TVs. Will interactive TV catch on? "The Chinese are very fast learners," he says. His own history is proof of that. -By Hannah Beech/Shanghai...