Word: deal
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...Star, so it can handle high-maintenance mothers, and it's now casting for Camp Cougar, a show about older women chasing younger men, so clearly it's not afraid of controversy. But the American production house says it has nothing to do with the Suleman deal. (Read a brief history of multiple births...
...Eyeworks, which is still working out the exact details of the deal with Suleman, had its biggest reality hit to date in the U.K. with last year's Half Ton Mum, a one-hour show about Texan Renee Williams, who died at the age of 29, weighing nearly 900 lb. (400 kg). Her two adolescent daughters, Mirina and Mariah, narrated the program...
...situations where their actions are public than when they will go unnoticed. Competitive altruism explains why soldiers jump onto grenades during war (their clans will reap the rewards) and why vain CEOs build hospital wings (they enjoy the social renown that they could never acquire from closing another big deal). In many hunter-gatherer societies, including some Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest, prominent families have staged elaborate ceremonies in which they compete to give away possessions...
...When Jaeger comes to work, the people are often too many to please. “Somedays, it feels like walking through a minefield,” he remarks, adding that a utilitarian outlook is often needed to deal with a community as disparate as the University’s staffers...
...little of what makes me happy,” Constantino wrote in an e-mailed statement yesterday. “I look forward to becoming more involved in the community here. I hope I can help students reach for their intellectual potential, navigate the complex social scene, and deal with any challenges they might encounter.” In the selection process for a new resident dean, undergraduate residents of Cabot were consulted to narrow down the field of applicants. Though the two final candidates were “extremely qualified,” Constantino’s personality ultimately...