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...hard as the government tried to prevent it, some reality seeped out that day. At the People's Study House, a sort of public library that also conducts classes, a colleague accidentally opened a door and found herself in a classroom; it was dimly lit and at least "15 degrees colder than the ones we're being shown," she said. The students sat huddled in winter jackets, some wearing hoods or hats. Sadder was the breakfast room at the hotel that morning, just after a complimentary - and lavish - buffet had been served to us. A friend of mine, from...
...French café mix played in the background, lending a dreamy quality to proceedings as students clambered onto a scaffold for a better view of the eclipse. Colorful paintings and photographs of outer space covered every inch of the walls, lit only by the skylight and a few dim, red lights...
...Despite that global scope, Interpol's headquarters - with its sky-lit atrium, potted plants and sweeping views of the Rhône River - still has the air of a mid-sized company rather than a law-enforcement organization. Most of the few hundred people in the building are on first-name terms. The organization squeezes by on a budget of about $65 million a year from member countries' donations - approximately the same amount that the New York Police Department spends in an average week. Interpol's staff in Lyons joke bitterly that the organization costs little more than David Beckham...
...music video ever produced, had a bit of a futuristic “Star Wars” feel to it, “Shawty Get Loose” looks Spaceballs-cheap: it’s gaudy and completely ridiculous. Lil Mama starts things off dancing in an insanely well-lit corridor. She raps with a subtle melodic lilt over a boomingly percussive beat, a combination reminiscent of Gwen Stefani’s 2004 “Hollaback Girl.” In fact, New York’s own Lil Mama has a lot in common (particularly lyrically) with Orange...
...will never forget you. Yes, I’m interested in you.Justin W. White ’10RR: Have you ever had a hot TF?JWW: Yes. I looked at her too much during class. I think she knows I have a crush on her because my eyes lit up when she said she had a black boyfriend. RR: Is she white?JWW: She’s super-white. RR: What did you do about your crush? JWW: I’ve already e-mailed her several times since the end of last semester. The e-mails were flirtatious...