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...Outgoing associate editor Antonia C. Kandu ‘02 recently began dating news exec Neil O. Dershovitz ‘02, who is often mistakenly thought to have black or Native American ancestry. Commented Kandu, who is black, “If Neil was actually half-black or something, I’d break up with him,” which is not a joke as much as it’s a strange and uncomfortable truth...
...most important martial arts festival. Behind a bright red banner, they're attired in matching uniforms like other delegations?but they don't blend in. The group is as eclectic a collection of kung fu students as New York City's five boroughs could produce: a freckled Miramax exec, a black Hollywood action star, a bodybuilder with dreadlocks, a hulking ex-Marine, not to mention the extravagantly tattooed road manager of the Beastie Boys' "Licensed to Ill" tour. Satisfied his posse looks sharp, Yan Ming commands: "Alright, everyone. Get ready to represent!" That's when the group's standard, which...
...When Beers was nominated last spring - a lifetime ago - an all-star ad exec looked like just the ticket for a post that has long been a high-level plum akin to an ambassadorship, or a harmless halfway house for political appointees. Beers's predecessor, Evelyn Lieberman, was exiled there after a brave (but fruitless) effort to keep the president and Monica apart in the White House. Post-Sept. 11, with the battle for the Arab street to whom Osama is a hero almost as important as the battle to capture Jalalabad, the job seems to call more...
...would be easy - too easy - to make light of Charlotte Beers, the former big-time advertising exec recently named undersecretary of state for public affairs. The so-called "queen of branding" who helped promote Head & Shoulders shampoo and Uncle Ben's Rice has now been assigned the job of helping to boost the U.S. image in the Muslim world. So, no Uncle Ben's jokes, please...
...Winners RONALD REAGAN Ex-Prez hits 90, beating John Adams to become longest-living former U.S. chief exec. Wife Nancy holds record for stiffest First Lady hairdo BORA MILUTINOVIC China's Yugoslav coach takes his fifth team in a row to the World Cup. The squad will also likely be his fifth team in a row to exit early BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG Smelly, destructive beetle native to China invades Pennsylvania. Possible U.S. response: sending Senator Arlen Specter to China...