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Just as the drummer is about to launch into yet another solo, the tall, gaunt, goateed Ellison sweeps down a stairwell to the side door of the auditorium, trailing a retinue of blond female publicists. He pauses a moment so that he is backlighted in the doorway, bending toward one of his attendants and asking if his wide forehead looks too shiny in this light. He acts like a rock star about to step on stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Gives Best By Investing: Lawrence Ellison | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

After Cornell's fifth goal, Mazzoleni felt it was unfair to leave Prestifilippo in the game any longer. Junior backup Oli Jonas was immediately greeted with cheers of "Safety Sieve." However, these intrepid Cornellians convinced a few of their buddies to bare their gaunt chests and had a "Jonas Sucks!" painted in less than two minutes...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: Killer Cornell | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...girl could use an interruption of protein. She's pretty slim, despite the half-eaten Toblerone scattered around the room. Her skin seems pasty, her face is gaunt and barely made up, and her famously full, pouty lips appear in need of Blistex. Still, she exudes a misty, undefinable star quality: there's something edgy yet enigmatic in both her appearance and her manner. Jolie's real-life over-the-top intensity and f__-it-all attitude are nearly as unsettling as her screen performances, like the self-destructive fashion model in HBO's 1998 movie Gia and the dangerously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebel Without a Pause | 1/24/2000 | See Source »

Responding to criticism that she is too thin, Courteney Cox Arquette recently told Movieline: I understand when people say, Well your face gets gaunt, but to get your bottom half the right size, your face might have to be a little gaunt. Yet another target for natural selection...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

Responding to criticism that she is too thin, Courteney Cox Arquette recently told Movieline: I understand when people say, Well your face gets gaunt, but to get your bottom half the right size, your face might have to be a little gaunt. Yet another target for natural selection...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, A POP CULTURE COMPENDIUM | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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