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...have the same problem with the Olympics. We like those new fake sports we force the Olympic committee to include so we can win, like beach volleyball, snowboarding and major-motion-picture production. But unless the games are held either in America or Utah, we're not going to watch people pole vault. Unless they get hurt doing it. Then we'll watch it over and over again...
Heading into the 118th playing of The Game, the Crimson had lost its last three meetings with the Elis. With some retribution in mind and with a game-breaking 36-yard fake punt by Balestracci and sophomore punter Adam Kingston, Harvard ripped Yale 35-23 to cap its perfect season...
...prudent thought. I had to be convinced that I didn’t believe in what they were doing, and they themselves were the catalyst in helping me see the light. I may not have a core of unadulterated conservatism, but thank God I’ve dropped the fake liberal me that only existed in Harvard’s liberal pressure cooker. Thank God I’ve started thinking...
...called Brav-Argh. (Brava says the rashes have been addressed with a new skin treatment.) A more typical experience seems to be that of Christina Ashe, whose job at Hooters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., may explain why she wore her Brava faithfully for 17 weeks. "If you want that fake Pamela Anderson look, this isn't the right thing," says Ashe, who still wears her Brava occasionally for a short-term boost. "But I'm never going to have surgery, and I got a half-cup growth. How can you be disappointed?" --By Kathie Klarreich
...such a subtly shaded, moving performance at the Donmar as a brilliant girl terrified she has inherited her father's madness will not ease Madonna's woes. But, like art dealers, audiences should be able to distinguish between an original and a copy. Paltrow can act, Madonna is the fake...