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...every time I flip open its gracefully manicured cover to write down “300 million * 0.25 = 75 million babies,” I look like not only a douche but also a fool. Yes, as it sits on the desk between my interviewer and me, its large gold Harvard logo is an awkward reminder of the only reason I got this interview. Yes, walking around with it is the equivalent of wearing a Harvard backpack to school the day after early decision letters came out. Yes, it has a built-in calculator and pen loop. But people could...
Soon, however, the troops began to feel like they were trapped inside a gold mine with no way to extract the bullion. Their stacks of dollars and pesos added up to nothing because there was nothing to buy: no bars, no brothels, no BMW dealerships. "Imagine having so much money and nothing to eat!" said one of the Colombian GIs, Frankistey Giraldo, whose father named him after Frankenstein. When they looked at themselves, they still saw a bunch of hungry, unwashed peasants in the middle of no-man's land. They were fabulously wealthy. Except they weren...
...ultimately finished a disappointing fifth, failing to make amends for her infamous gaffe at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy - where she stumbled at the end of a race she was on the verge of winning because she hotdogged it on the last jump, taking silver instead of gold - at least she had no broken bones. "We were lucky that nobody was carted off in a sled," she said...
...frightening recent incident involving Kevin Pearce, the American medal hopeful who struck his forehead on the pipe in December, resulting in a serious brain injury. The Flying Tomato himself, Shaun White, narrowly escaped grave injury while practicing a complicated trick last month. The Americans are favored to win gold. But is that medal worth the price some Olympic athletes...
...Zhao and Shen may have won the gold. But Pang and Tong won the night. And figure skating won at least one more appreciative...