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...grand occasions, Donald could always be counted upon to bring...a corsage—invariably a beautiful orchid with a clip attached, that allowed the women to wear the flower on their elegant dress," Handlin wrote. "Donald was also a splendid dancer and in the really olden days could be counted upon to sweep his partner off the floor with flourish and grace...
...record over its final 22 regular season games, an impressive stretch that included sweeps of Columbia, Penn, Holy Cross, and Yale. Harvard hit a collective .297, good enough for second in the Ivy League. Leading the way for the Crimson was freshman Ellen Macadam, who hit at a .371 clip. The rookie also found success on the base paths. Macadam stole 18 bases, better than everyone in the Ivy League except for classmate Emily Henderson, who ran her way to 28 stolen bases. Henderson was named to the All-Ivy First Team. Harvard was also the League?...
...whole episode has stunned many Trinity members, but its ultimate conclusion was not that much of a surprise to some. Dwight N. Hopkins, an authority on Black Liberation Theology at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, as well as a longtime Trinity member, recalls watching a clip of Pfleger's comments. "I thought, given that this is a presidential season, and that Sen. Obama is a member of the church, there was going to be some type of fallout. I didn't know the exact nature of it," Hopkins says. In the wake of the Obamas' departure, he adds...
...they refuse to grow up or old; they need to stay fit and sexy, to sustain a satiny, early-20s robustness straight into senility. And whether Carrie and her friends are heroic or delusional, they aren't the only ones. Last night The Daily Show played a news clip of a talking head discussing John McCain's medical records and, noting that he seemed in good health, proclaimed that "71 is the new 30." Back to Jon Stewart, who added, "and Dead...
...launched an action-movie franchise (Ocean's), while Tarantino, a slower worker, created the vertiginous, voluminous Kill Bill. Today both gents were back on the Riviera, Soderbergh for the world premiere of his Che Guevara bio-pic, Tarantino to give a film "master class" - essentially a 2hr. interview, plus clip show, with the eminent French critic-historian Michel Ciment...