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...unnamed Harvard professor. Saget has also been gaining attention recently for his straight-to-DVD spoof, “Farce of the Penguins.” The film is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson and features the vocal talents of a wildly diverse cast, including Dane Cook, Christina Applegate, Tracy Morgan, and most of the cast of “Full House.” “A lot of my friends did cameos,” he says, “just to be part of the dirty penguin movie.” Although Saget wrote most...
...small town of some 6,000 that lies just 40 miles east of Waco in the heart of Texas. Three weeks before her second birthday, her parents were divorced. She dropped out of school by eighth grade and at 17 married Billy Wayne Smith, the 16-year-old fry cook at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken. The fried chicken drive-in is still there and Billy still lives in Mexia. He was one of the 50 mourners at a memorial service last fall for his son, Daniel, who was born 10 months after their marriage and who died almost...
...secret to success in cities like Chengdu is going local. French hypermarketer Carrefour, which opened its fifth outlet in Chengdu in January, overhauled its prepared-food department to cook up the chili-laden specialties favored by natives, including marinated rabbit heads and roasted duck jaws. Samsung reopened its operation here in 2004, but it is going native. Shoppers in China's west, says Ko You Chan, Samsung's managing director for the western districts, usually expect a small gift when they make a major purchase. So Samsung liberally doles out free DVDs and other goodies. Result: sales of Samsung consumer...
...should I get the award?’” For his colleagues, however, the prize came as another affirmation of his innovative work. “It’s a great achievement to get this prize,” said Robert E. Cook, who succeded Ashton as the director of Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum. “It acknowledges not only a lifetime of outstanding work but his love of tropical forests as well.” Ashton’s research dates back to his years as a graduate student at Cambridge University, where...
...included in our revolutionary action.'' In my daughter's room I lay down on her bed. Through the window I could see the faint light of dawn on the eastern horizon. When I woke, the sun was streaming into the room. I went to the kitchen and asked the cook to make coffee and toast. A pretty girl with two long plaits over her shoulders came in to watch me. She picked up my coffee cup and sniffed. Making a grimace, she asked me, ''What is this?'' ''It's coffee,'' I said. ''What is coffee?'' I told her that coffee...