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...ploy. Instead of just keeping quiet and running things as he had before, he greeted the Rice leak with a loud Bronx cheer and suggested to foreign reporters that it wouldn't change much of anything at all, which of course was true. A White House official, tongue in cheek, explained Rumsfeld's remarks by saying, "The Secretary's charm offensive is well known...
...injuries consistent with being sexually assaulted vaginally and anally." Nifong is also still awaiting results of DNA analysis from a private lab in North Carolina to compare with those already received from the state's own crime lab. Blood was taken from the three captains of the team. Saliva cheek swabs were used to gather DNA from 43 players; the lone black player on the team was not tested, as the African-American accuser has said her attackers were white. So far none of the Duke players have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury as witnesses...
...fans who would approach Batali over the weekend. Cards were pressed into his hand; pictures were taken; autographs were requested on books and shirts and, in one case, a KitchenAid stand mixer. One young female fan walked up to Batali late Friday night and greeted him by biting his cheek...
...talking to you, Harvard Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons. Would it hurt, really, to give Joey’s application a second look? Just asking.” These words, uttered by Bob Costas as the Olympics came to a close, epitomize the general media sentiment concerning Joey Cheek and his application to Harvard. Since the news broke in the weeks preceding the 2006 Winter Games, there is nary a newspaper or radio station that hasn’t tried to squeeze an interview out of the recently retired speedskater.And from all the anti-Harvard news that has been generated...
...common trend among new musicals is a by-the-books run-through of all the dramatic conventions of what audiences expect out of musical theater, and nothing more. You have the standard big dance numbers, the corny dialogue, the old-fashioned tongue-in-cheek Broadway humor. This almost maniacal dedication to what is least likely to surprise, confuse, or offend passes as a celebration of tradition at best; at worst, it becomes a tired, nauseating series of in-jokes. No matter what arguments writers, producers, and directors come up with to stick to such “cult of theater?...