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...people which wild plants were and weren’t edible. Asked if he ate the dandelion roots served at their wedding, the heiress’s father quipped, “Listen, I worry about the salad at Le Cirque, never mind what comes out of my own lawn...
...with the U.S. The Bush Administration had a chance to raise some of these issues with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao when he visited Washington in December. But there were few signs that trade issues were a big concern. Wen accepted the 19-gun salute he received on the South Lawn of the White House, then fired his own volley, gently reminding his hosts that China is the fastest-growing market for America's exports. There are U.S. companies that agree. Multinationals such as Motorola and Caterpillar have invested heavily in China and strongly oppose protectionism targeted at China...
What drove Fountains of Wayne to Stacy's Mom was the usual soul-killing nightmare of the music industry. Schlesinger and Collingwood, both 36, met as undergraduates at Williams College and soon after started Fountains of Wayne (named after a lawn-ornament store near Schlesinger's New Jersey home), adding bassist Jody Porter and drummer Brian Young along the way. They signed a major-label deal with Atlantic Records in 1996 and were promptly buried by everything else on the radio. "There's this expression, Bo-Now music," says Collingwood. "It's that whole genre where singers just scream...
Last week, Harvard Right to Life (HRL), an anti-choice student group, set up an approved display on the lawn in front of Science Center featuring 440 miniature American flags to represent the 4,400 abortions performed each day in the United States. On Tuesday, nameless opponents defaced the display and on Wednesday all of the flags were uprooted. In recent weeks, those who disagree with HRL’s message have also torn-down many posters from its current “Women Deserve Better” campaign in the Houses and the Yard. At Harvard, where free speech...
...gathered. With Nicole Kidman living in New York City, Crowe is the biggest local meal ticket, and long lenses follow his every move. Gamely, he tried to affect the air of a man enduring a comic nuisance, like birds he just can't seem to shoo off his lawn. He didn't quite pull it off. "I really try not to think about these f______ c__ks," he said while settling in for a coffee at an outdoor cafe. "We could go, but they've already got me. I should--no, I won't. There's been too many photographs...