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...Chen’s blog. From that bizarre post about finding a condom inside herself days after some forgotten sex, to the more conventional posts about bringing some guy or another to orgasm with a few strokes of her knowing tongue, most of what she writes is, frankly, gross. I have no qualms saying that I find most of her lifestyle morally reprehensible...
...subsequent e-mail on Saturday night, purportedly sent by Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 at 8:01 p.m., asked students to disregard the first e-mail and announced the selection of “former” Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan...
...director, Stone does not yet have the craft to match or mediate his passion. His film works in spurts: a scene that sputters with bombast will be followed by some wrenching fire storm of death in combat. But nowadays, when directors aim for the predictably cute or gross, these spurts are tonic. They prove that someone out there, working from the mind and gut, is willing to put both aggressively onscreen. So Platoon is different. It matters...
Tokyo's short-term goal, of course, is to give a boost to the country's sagging economy. Japan's gross national product is expected to grow this year by just 2.3%, its lowest level since 1974. The government believes a cut in income taxes will spark not only consumer spending but business investment. At the same time, however, Nakasone wants to reduce Japan's $840 billion national debt. To that end, the sales tax and savings-interest levy are expected to generate revenues of $28 billion...
Springsteen can gross as much as $1 million a day from live performances at invariably sold-out concert halls and stadiums. "There is no performer today who can sell more tickets than Bruce Springsteen," says Rock Promoter Bill Graham. The 15-month Born in the U.S.A. tour, which ended in October 1985, drew more than 5 million fans to 156 concerts in eleven countries, generating ticket sales of about $90 million. Springsteen's probable share: $50 million...