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...Satanic cult capable of appalling masochistic sexual rituals. As for his individual characters, there is of course no action for them to take other than to wander off into oblivion. Bruno checks into a mental institution where he spends the rest of his pathetic days numbing his libido with cocktail medications. Michel, after discovering a way to clone perfectly rational non-egotistical human beings that will in a few years time subsume flawed humanity, simply disappears. Such episodes could, under different circumstances, be viewed as truly funny and truly scandalous satire. But posed as the outcomes of or even...

Author: By Annalise Nelson, | Title: Ups and Downs in Houellebecq's Strange, Charmed Particle World | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

Familian said he was told by Rhodes officials during one of their cocktail events that he was the first candidate studying visual arts who was being seriously considered for the scholarship...

Author: By Charitha Gowda and Winnie Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Harvard Shut Out of U.S. Rhodes Awards | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

Getting busted by HUPD may seem a harsh penalty for these novices. On the upside, it may deter a few of them from actually going through with the whole initiation process. If getting punched meant a booze cruise, a cocktail party and an interview with the ad board, perhaps fewer nice guys would be willing to make the plunge...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Last Call for Final Clubs | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...most people. Her Best of...has quirky categories--the best places for homemade desserts, the best pickles, the best places to take the kids. Does she miss "hard news"? "People who in all those years were never knocked out by what I did now come up to me at cocktail parties," Finch says, laughing. "They want to know, 'Can I get a ticket to Emeril? What is Bobby Flay like?'" Not bad for a nonfoodie who says her favorite foods are still broccoli and macaroni and cheese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food / On The Tube: Unleash the Newshound! | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

Past class agents have stirred some controversy by offering perks to large donors. In 1999, the Leadership Gift Committee, a subgroup of the Senior Gift Committee, offered donors who gave over $250 an invitation to a New York cocktail party, which was widely regarded as an entrance into the well-connected Harvard network...

Author: By Ross A. Macdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chairs of Senior Gift Committe Named | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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