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...fear salespeople. They are cooler and better-looking and more confident than I am, and they say "Hi" as soon as I walk into their clothing store, a "Hi" that clearly means, "I don't remember inviting you, and if I had, I think I would have told you to wear something else." This is obviously all part of some sales technique that assumes that I believe I can one day have sex with the salespeople if I buy the right clothes. I am smarter than that...
When a few customers did come in, I said "Hi" to them and told them about the sale. Unfortunately for my thesis, they seemed really friendly. Even the 21-year-old who was putting together a four-figure outfit for her friend's birthday party turned out to be kind of sweet. The only person I didn't like was Sandra Bullock's stylist, who was incredibly serious about her task of finding the actress something for her appearance on David Letterman's show. My referring to something as being "not Bullocky enough" was completely ignored. In fact...
Others have considered the idea of students using hi-tech Segway scooters to zip cross the river—a notion already explored by University President Lawrence H. Summers...
...crowds last year. This year satellite radio has stepped out of the car. XM released a "Sky-Fi" boom box with a tiny receiving dish for $229. The receiver is detachable, so you can swap it in and out of your car. Rival Sirius has gone for the home hi-fi approach; $299 satellite-radio components should be available this July...
...startled, on the amazing "Blue Moon," by his trick of shifting, in a heartbeat, from saloon baritone to pants-too-tight wailing. We are reminded of his daring enunciation: all those words that suddenly began with h ("Hi want you, hi need you, hi-hi-hi love you"), the occasional glottal addition ("Glove me tender...") and his near Hawaiian avoiding of consonants ("Ya-hoo A-know Ah can be fou'/ Sittin' home all alo'"). That's from "Don't Be Cruel," a song that comes close to redefining the art of the pop vocal. It's gentle and amused, with...