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...more cute than competitive. Koko Sato, deputy secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, sat next to Hills for more than two hours during a dinner party at the recent Houston economic summit. Sato, 62, told friends he found Hills, 56, "easy to deal with if you lull her with the Oriental way of life and philosophy." He later described Hills to reporters as "charming and cute, just getting on a bit in age." Sato also noted that when he praised her husband, Hills was all smiles. "She is quite feminine," he said...
While Princeton's ball-control offense attempted to lull the Crimson defense to sleep, the Harvard long-stickers played like they were wired on No-Doz. Except for a brief second-period lapse, Harvard's defense was ruthless in winning ground balls stuck in the thick Ohiri...
While we agree that it is naive to expect any informational campaign to solve massive social problems, making needed information available to the public is important nonetheless. Creating poster is clearly not a solution to the problem of hunger and homelessness, nor was the intention of this project to lull the Harvard community into a false sense of comfort...
...lull in the discussion over rent control, Danehy asked Healy to confirm or deny the truth of a rumor that the city manager would be selected as Harvard's next president...
...night of the auction, an agent for Bond in New York City placed his bids by telephone. Irises, according to observers, quite quickly went up to $40 million. After a slight lull, the contest resumed between two telephones, whose disembodied bids were relayed to auctioneer John Marion. Moments later, Irises was hammered down to an anonymous bidder at $49 million -- $53.9 million counting the 10% buyer's commission. The name of the underbidder on the other phone has never been divulged. A year went by before it was announced that Bond was the new owner of Irises...