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...reading tastes in elementary school weren’t that sophisticated. I mean, I could’ve knocked off some Hemingway in fourth grade, but I chose not to. But nor did I incline toward the trashy Goosebumps or Mystic Mountain High (that’s made up, but you know the type) families. So for a while, I tracked the adventures of Encyclopedia Brown, the finest sleuth this side of the Atlantic. A stretch with that endless series about the Boxcar Children. Then I turned my attention to the Redwall saga, those enchanting tales of mice slaying snakes...
...unexpected guest: Mike, a man of ambiguous professions (Rory N. Kulz ’08) “Dinner” is a relatively new play, written by Moira Buffini, and commissioned by the National Theater in London in 2002. Videt writes in an e-mail that she chose the play for “many of its nontrivial themes about marriage, absent children, consumption (of life, of experience, of food, of products), and social stereotypes.” She writes that she also “felt that Buffini had written incredibly complex and beautifully multifaceted female characters?...
Streisand, of course, could have been clever with her comeback, but she chose a different route. Although never subtle in anything that she has ever done, Streisand decided to be more blunt than usual. The singer had had enough, and in decidedly impolitic words Barbra let everyone else know...
...newly-formed College Events Board. Second, Milder said, more students are paying the voluntary termbill surcharge that funds UC operations. “Only 19 percent opted out this year, whereas 25 percent opted out last year,” he said. The portion of the student body that chose not to fund the UC by opting out of the termbill surcharge had skyrocketed last year—from 15.9 percent to almost a full quarter of the student body. But now, Milder said, “People have more trust in us.” LOSE THE DUES...
...election ballot should go atop the general election ballot, putting Sekula-Gibbs' name in full view of the voters, along with four other Republicans and a Libertarian. Former Democratic Congressman Lampson, who was redrawn out of his old Houston-area district as part of the infamous DeLay redistricting plan, chose not to run in the special election for the two months left of DeLay's term - most likely because he would not win, Republican Masset said...