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...Accusations and countercharges over whether the Vélib' program has imperiled safety will probably continue for some time, especially since the criticism of Vélib' riders is partially based on the in-crowd snobbery of private-bike owners. Still, even Vélib' adepts admit they've earned some of their bad reputation...
...after-hours spots. A brilliant conversion of a 1930s warehouse, mk-2, http://mk-2.de, is a cutting-edge lounge cum discothèque with a roster of topnotch resident DJs and a dedicated thirtysomething VIP clientele. Over at 3001, www.d-3001.de, five areas, including a massive dance floor, keep the in-crowd contented, while Harpune, www.harpune.com, features a heady mix of deep house and trance refrains for its blissed-out masses...
...local L.A. coffee shop, Lavendeira’s site, PerezHilton.com, “celebrity juice, not from concentrate,” attracts 3.7 million unique hits each day, each one dying to steal a glimpse behind the scenes, or between the thighs, of Hollywood’s in-crowd. The Harvard Crimson: You went to NYU Tisch School of the Arts. What kind of student were you in college?Perez Hilton: I was a good student, I’ve always been a good student. I went to NYU on a full scholarship. THC: Have you ever been to Harvard...
...think it’s great that they get out there and ask people, ‘Have you put on tefillin today? Have you done a mitzvah today?’”HOME AT HILLEL?On the other hand, talk of a purported in-crowd at Hillel—where Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Jews have separate prayer services and e-mail lists—surfaced more than once. Claire J. Saffitz ’09, who is unaffiliated with either group, says of the categorization, “I think it’s good that...
...contrarians like Wadhwaney, 51, investing is a matter of avoiding manias and searching instead for bedraggled castoffs that are cheap precisely because the in-crowd won't touch them. "I don't buy prime merchandise," he says. "I buy stuff that's fraught with discomfort. I buy some terrible things." Yet these terrible things produce terrific returns. Wadhwaney's $1.26 billion mutual fund has racked up annualized gains of 22.5% since its birth three-and-a-half years ago?double the rise of a comparable index of non-U.S. stocks. (I've entrusted his firm, Third Avenue Management, with...