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...what exactly is this daunting sum that Cornell forked over to appease its raging undergraduates? In our exclusive e-mail interview, Thomas cited a colossal $55,000! Alas, how shall poor Harvard ever come up with such a sum? Perhaps 24 hour libraries are destined to remain an elusive dream of undergrads...
With winds gusting in from right field at 30 miles per hour on Saturday, junior catcher Schuyler Mann had hit everything Brown’s pitchers threw at him, grounding base hits through all of the holes in the infield and knocking a few more down the lines...
...Portuguese Irregular Verbs, is expected in early 2005. And the sixth Ramotswe book is already finished. How does he manage it all? "I'm very lucky," he says. "I don't have to make a great effort." He estimates his writing speed at an astonishing 1,000 words an hour. That leaves him plenty of time to meet with director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, Cold Mountain) about a film adaptation of the Ramotswe books, fulfill his duties as a member of UNESCO's International Bioethics Commission and practice the bassoon with his group, the Really Terrible Orchestra...
...Lunar New Year, China's most important holiday, the country's President took time out from running the world's next superpower, drove several hours outside Beijing and knocked unannounced at the two-room village home of peasant Lu Zhanlin. As Lu gaped in astonishment, Hu helped the family stuff dumplings and chatted for an hour about corn prices. Then he handed Lu a red envelope with $120 to buy fertilizer and left. "Hu says he'll help us grow richer, and he follows through on his promises," says Lu, who was impressed--even though "my dumplings looked nicer...
...Givenchy and shocked the French fashion establishment with his romantic vision of disheveled beauties in chiffon slips and billowing ball gowns. A year later, when he took over the coveted top spot at Dior, a couture house with a heritage more sacred to the French than the 35-hour workweek, the French press saw it as a sign of the nation's cultural decline. But Galliano persevered, teaching the Dior ateliers, where clothes are made by hand, to cut everything closer to the body. Soon Princess Diana and Nicole Kidman were calling. By the end of the 1990s, Galliano...