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...facialist, for overexfoliating his delicate dermis B) The risqué cheerleaders for his rugby team, because, he said, they distract from the game C) His personal trainer, for yelling "Who's the Gladiator?!" after each set of chin-ups D) His buddy Ron Howard, who keeps begging him to bring chips and guacamole to poker night at Tom Hanks' house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 26, 2007 | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...Kennedy ’40.The costumes, exquisitely designed by Elisa M. Oliveri ’08, squarely place the opera in the sixties; the Countess’ Jackie O hairstyle is essential in helping the audience identify the Camelot couple. The convertible set is attractive, but does not distract from the plot. However, the set changes before the second act took a bit of time on opening night, breaking up the pace of the narrative.Under the direction of Sullivan, the orchestra played in tune and matched the vim and vigor of the cast in the second half successfully. The music...

Author: By Alina Voronov, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Fanciful "Marriage of Figaro" | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

...grass is not only better for the environment and for the animals than grain feeding them, but produces more succulent meat. And Santi Santimaria, of Barcelona's Can Fabes, reproached his colleagues for their constant pursuit of the vanguard. "We're a gang of frauds who work to distract snobs," Santamaria said, before issuing his own manifesto: "The only truth that matters is the product that comes out of the earth, passes through the ovens to the mouth of the eater, and is then defecated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Taste Make a Culinary Comeback? | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...Distract final-burdened co-eds by making Primal Scream last all week long...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How To Lose Your Friends in 10 Days | 1/18/2007 | See Source »

...never passed that on to Olmert, or to the Israelis. Many Israelis interpreted the withdrawal of Gaza as a baffling metamorphosis, in which Sharon transformed himself from a merciless conqueror of Arabs to a grandfatherly peacenik. His critics claim that Sharon probably pulled out to distract the Israeli press from the corruption charges swirling around him, and to reshape international opinion in order to enhance Israel's prospects for holding onto the more prized Israeli settlements in the West Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sharon One Year Later | 1/6/2007 | See Source »

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