Word: flukes
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Harvard does have some intellectuals. Each of these groups attract some, but in some ways it feels like a fluke. Given the hostile environment to real thinking, students become "politic...
...beginning, there were a few industry giants like Lauder, Revlon and L'Oreal in a wasteland of dull, uniform colors. Then, in 1985, a Canadian makeup artist, Frank Toskan, exploded the spectrum with MAC, an edgy line that became such a success that Lauder bought the company in 1994. Fluke? In 1990 a New York-based makeup artist, Bobbi Brown, scraped together $10,000 to start her own minimalist line, which Lauder also snapped up. In 1995 a 22-year-old premed student, Dineh Mohajer, mixed nail polish to match a pair of light blue sandals, kicking off Hard Candy...
...surprising decision for anyone. Wilford, after all, had the hot hand. And the easiest way for Murphy to show the world that last year was a fluke would be to replace the struggling helmsman with the up-and-coming new face. Wilford, while obviously ecstatic at his opportunity to start, says he felt sorry for his good friend Linden...
...theme songs for James Bond movies are getting worse and worse. Goldeneye was an innocuous one and the Tina Turner ditty had some longevity. But what in God's name does Tomorrow Never Dies mean? And that cacophony by Sheryl Crow? And to prove that it wasn't a fluke, now we get The World is Not Enough (it sounds like a Danielle Steel novel) with a boring title track by Garbage. Bring back Octopussy...Michael Mann is one of the finest directors around. He's particularly intriguing because he makes testosterone flicks that somehow play better to females than...
...Another fluke came in the second quarter, when a Bear punt went cascading off of senior cornerback Kane Waller's leg as he concentrated on blocking and lost track of the ball. Waller had no chance...