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With finals on the horizon and sunny spring break destinations beginning to seem a distant memory, who wouldn’t love a getaway to Las Vegas to compete in the final casting process for a reality TV show? Such is just another day in the life of acclaimed hip-hop dancer Olakunle O. “Kunle” Oladehin ’07, who was recently a finalist to appear on the upcoming Fox reality TV show, “So You Think You Can Dance?” Oladehin’s national recognition provides the final...
Time to head north.Harvard concluded its equivalent of spring training on Thursday with an uninspiring overall record of 4-8, after dropping six of eight games on its recent seven-day getaway to Florida. Head coach Joe Walsh used the road trip to tinker with his batting order and vet candidates for the everyday lineup and regular starting rotation. “I’m looking for somebody to take a job out there, whether it’s an infielder or an outfielder,” Walsh said. ”We’ve just been moving...
Chteau de Massillan (33-4-90-40-64-51; chateau-de-massillan.com is small and really nice. It was a formal getaway for the mistress of Henry II, Diane de Poitier...
...midst of the turmoil, one White House official announced last week that he was making a clean getaway. After more than 2,000 briefings over five years, during which he deftly handled the White House press corps with a Mississippi mixture of down-home humor, cool confrontation and condescending courtliness, Spokesman Larry Speakes said he would be leaving in two months. He is not, however, being driven away by the scandal. For months he has been negotiating for a $250,000-a-year job as head of public relations for Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street investment firm once headed...
...Stickleyand his accomplice, Dayle Alsbury, adjust their fake fire-inspector uniforms, then saunter into a brown brick credit-union building. Their walkie-talkies are blaring with a recorded dispatcher's voice, downloaded from the Internet and transmitted from their getaway car. After they flash their homemade badges, the two men are waved behind the tellers' counters and into the inner sanctum of the credit union. Within just half an hour, they have gained access to the entire computer network, security system and customer data--unbeknownst to any employee on the premises...