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...tough ol’ bag, Oi should say.” He handed over the envelope, which was discolored and stained from years of storage in who knows what filthy London apartment. The Stable Boy removed a slip of paper and began to read. Ollie stroked his chin as he pondered his own resourcefulness.“She required wot you moight call tactile persuadin’ of an intimate nature. Personally Oive never been much for females of the nonegenarian type, but Oim a pleasure adventurer is wot Oi am.” This remark induced Ollie to laugh...
...good works. It makes great press, and Li does nothing to correct this idea, but the truth, naturally, is more complex. He was walking on a beach in the Maldives with his two small daughters and maid when the tsunami struck. The swells came up to Li's chin (he stands just under 5 ft. 7 in., or 1.7 m), but the group was able to struggle the short distance back to their hotel unmolested save for a slight injury to the star's foot. This was clearly a frightening experience, and the poor Li girls are scared...
...seen her walk out of small meetings held for her benefit without a word of explanation. She says things most superintendents would not. "The thing that kills me about education is that it's so touchy-feely," she tells me one afternoon in her office. Then she raises her chin and does what I come to recognize as her standard imitation of people she doesn't respect. Sometimes she uses this voice to imitate teachers; other times, politicians or parents. Never students. "People say, 'Well, you know, test scores don't take into account creativity and the love of learning...
...desk has two parts: a table with adjustable height--low for when you're sitting, high for when you're walking or standing, superhigh for when you need to rest your chin on the wrist pad--and the treadmill, which is operated by buttons on the desk. It's nifty, simple and about $5,000 total, so some people have MacGyvered setups like it on their own. The first thing it does after you turn it on is ask your weight, which is a little confrontational. It then asks your weight every time...
...that at the beginning of her piece it is difficult to tell who is a dancer and who is a musician. “What I think that the art needs to move forward is exactly a collaboration of that type,” says Lauren E. M. Chin ’08-09, a dancer in the piece. However, Chin also notes the technical difficulties inherent in coordinating so many bodies on one stage. “It demands a lot more of the dancers,” she says, “and I’m sure...