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...Dirrty direct from an intergalactic hooker convention. (She earned that extra r.) Aguilera's latest is titled Back to Basics, a signal that she's put away the assless chaps and is ready to focus. Basics, already the top-selling album in the country, sprawls over two discs, the lesser of which is dedicated to the singers who have inspired her. On Back in the Day, over vinyl scratches and a minimalist beat, she ticks off her roster of heroes (Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, etc.) as if the past is a green room in which she can mingle with legends...
...flame. I pose these miscreants, fully dressed and shod, for a group photo in G.'s bath-cum-Jacuzzi. Not much smaller than the large swimming pool in the spa, it's one of many flourishes that distinguish the 33 bedrooms from each other and from the accommodation in lesser hotels. On the last day, Andy and I stretch out on adjacent tables in the spa as two masseuses prepare to knead and exfoliate. Each session is tailored to the individual - that's probably what Andy's masseuse means when she tells him she's about to administer "a personality...
Others may lie for more practical reasons. In 1965, when handyman Albert DeSalvo told police he was the Boston Strangler, he confessed to having brutally murdered 13 women. Some experts now suspect that DeSalvo, who at the time was in custody on lesser charges, hoped the lavish claims would bolster his rep in prison and save him from execution via an insanity plea...
...think it suggests that he's glad to take advantage of one type of affirmative action for his own family while opposing it for people of a different race or of lesser means...
There is a possibility, however, that the shifting financial-aid priorities could result in a kind of virtuous mixing of the college gene pool. High-achieving kids are going to lesser-known schools and public institutions in greater numbers, drawn by the generous offers. They will inevitably bring higher academic standards with them. And lower-income communities are finding that their gifted kids can gain entry to the most expensive schools, perhaps helping pry open the austere gates of Harvard Yard a little wider in the process...