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...city fond of its local character, Galluccio said he worries that the ban would be the end of the neighborhood hangout and a path to making Cambridge as lively as “milk toast...
...practicality stops at about 4 1/2 in. Other things come under aesthetics: I'm not particularly fond of a high wedge. But I think a high heel is one of the prettiest things imaginable. As a short person--I'm 5 ft. 4 in.--I count on a nice high heel...
...Duan was a bit of a dandy, fond of neatly pressed Western-style suits. But he had led a troubled life. He had twice been sentenced to jail for robbery, and he was estranged from his father, Duan Shengqing, a trash collector whom he blamed for the family's poverty. "He'd say other people's dads earned money, but that I can't read and can't do anything," recalls his father. Duan's mother, however, had doted on him?her fourth and final child?and he used to confide in her about his frustrations over women...
Smith’s roommate Angie J. Thebaud ’04 described a fond first-year memory—a moment their friendship crystallized...
...mythical brother shares a writing credit on the film. But still, it feels like a desperation move--the big bang that for no good reason blows away this eccentric and often delightful little universe. It's a miscalculation--though a calculated one--but it does not erase one's fond memories of all the odd, deeply humorous behavior that preceded it. --By Richard Schickel