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...their mail boxes to find an ominous beige envelope from University Hall, several hundred seniors no doubt thought they had been Ad Boarded. Panic-stricken, they wondered, was it that fake e-mail I sent to my friend? The loaf of bread I took from the dining hall? Or--gasp!--have they found out about that paragraph on the next-to-last page of my second expos paper my first year...
...speculation grew so fervid that the First Lady on Tuesday issued a statement announcing that--gasp!--she was thinking about it: "I will give careful thought to a potential candidacy in order to reach a decision later this year." Released shortly before 6 p.m., perfectly timed to be read by the network news anchors, the statement revved the Washington-New York gossip machine. By Friday, when Hillary met for a private lunch with Moynihan, and Clinton again signaled his support during a press conference with French President Jacques Chirac, political hacks were salivating at the prospect of a celebrity death...
...like the true cultural icon/diva/ice queen/anathema that she is and always has been, Madonna has found--and promptly appropriated--the newest fad. It was Erotica Madonna, then Evita Madonna, then Mama Madonna, then Om Shanti Madonna, and now--gasp!--it's Geisha Madonna. Obsessed with Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha, Madonna has turned into a pop culture juggernaut. She has declared herself "Hatsumomo," the malevolent nemesis of the book's protagonist. (In a recent interview she clued us in to the disturbing fact that baby Lourdes seems to like calling her mom "Hatsumomo...
...event for these stocks' valuations, high-flying portal company Lycos last week agreed to merge with USA Networks, a real company (Home Shopping Network; Ticketmaster) with $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Lycos shares plunged 31% in two days as investors reflected on Lycos' value inside a company that must--gasp--post rising profits to boost its share price...
...Heathers, Winona Ryder falls away from the popular crowd and under the spell of a deranged Christian Slater. Three of the most popular people in their class are murdered while the two are together, a fact that horrifies under who only wanted revenge on her ex-friends, not--gasp!--their deaths...