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Elsewhere, I heard people trying painfully trying to convince themselves that the wait wasn’t worth the price of a two dollar taco...
Clowns. Global Warming. AIDS. The falling value of the dollar. MRSA. Confined spaces. Open spaces. AARP. President Huckabee. MCAT. Not scared yet? Here’s another thought: You’re going to Hell...
...while the allegations in the suit certainly meet Swaggart-quality standards of salaciousness, the causes of the university's fall may owe more to mismanagement than greed or negligence, suggests John Schmalzbauer, an expert in Christian higher education at Missouri State University. Unless some party siphoned off "massive multimillion-dollar diversion of funds over 25 years," he says, "I think the causes must be deeper and more structural...
...know you’re doing big things when meager American currency, with its virtually worthless hundred-dollar bill, is too small for you. Just look at the newly re-ghettofied Jay-Z. The video for his “Blue Magic,” the first single off his upcoming album, juxtaposes the gritty streets of Harlem against a plush world more akin to Jigga’s own, replete with champagne bottles, Rolls Royces, 500-Euro banknotes, and yes, even some bling! More prominent than the bling and the foreign currency is the crack. Not to say there?...
...funeral. The governor’s office could not be reached for comment last night, but Kyle Sullivan, Patrick’s spokesman, told the Globe last Thursday that Patrick took the issue “very seriously,” and has devoted millions of dollars to crime prevention programs. Lockridge-Steckel said that Patrick’s $15 million statewide anti-crime plan, which he unveiled last May, was not an adequate response to the problem. Referring to a billion-dollar, 10-year biotech spending plan that Patrick also introduced in May, she said a long-term plan...