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...Helen Springut '03, who watched the event, said her fellow audience members were right to criticize Buchanan for his past statements and said she felt some of his current political opinions were just as disturbing...
...windows. Despite occasional party-crashers--French au pairs, a homeless man, a motorcycle clan--Das' affairs remain mellow. At the "Wine and Cheese" parties, tables are garnished with brie, camembert and crackers. "His floor-to-ceiling windows reveal a river view. You walk in, and everyone's dressed well," Helen Springut '03, a regular attendee, describes. "There's a table in the back with wine, and some older guy looks at you and asks, 'Red or White?' " Das' friend, social swinger Paul R. Mrockowski '00, attests to the superior pedigree of the wine bar. As a self-declared wino, Mrockowski...
Bridget Jones's Diary, originally a column by Helen Fielding in Britain's Independent newspaper (and soon to be a movie), was one of the publishing phenomenons of the 1990s. It has sold 4 million copies worldwide to date and been published in 30 countries. A very funny account of the minor woes and epiphanies of a 30-ish single woman living in London, it spawned a host of pale imitations and a humorless debate about Bridget's supposedly debilitating effect on the progress of women. (My two cents: Fielding is a wonderful comic novelist who obviously struck some vein...
...resembles v. intellectual tome, in manner of Henry not Helen Fielding, once the cover is taken off. Also, cover removal allows male reviewer to preserve semblance of being macho). Number of times faux-Bridget style intro must have been used in other publications by the time this review is published: probably 500 (ugh). Alcohol units consumed while pondering previous fact...
...front of me, headed for the slot machine. He looks around nervously and surreptitiously removes his wallet from his back pocket. He opens it and takes out a $1 bill, which he repeatedly attempts to feed into the machine. Looking back at his wife, he seems highly disappointed. "Helen, there's something wrong with it. Maybe it's not turned...