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...promise of free pizza to the first 75 students in attendance couldn’t lure a larger crowd down to the Murr Center Courts, but for those in attendance, the No. 15 Harvard women’s tennis team delivered more than just a delectable respite from the dining halls. Despite the absence of junior Alexis Martire due to a twisted ankle and a lineup riddled with less-than-healthy players, the Crimson closed out No. 22 Miami after just three singles matches to earn its third-straight victory...
...fund-raising potential that Dean unearthed. After years of concentrating on donors rich enough to dash off five-and six-figure soft-money donations to compete with the legions of Republicans able to write hard-money checks for $2,000, the party of the little guy will have to lure little checks from the Democratic base. "One of the keys to victory for us," says Florida Democratic fund raiser Mitchell Berger, "will be to take those $100 middle-class donors and convince them that their $100 really means something." But even though it has vastly expanded its donor list...
...word was that she loved Yale and that she felt well-treated and respected here. The only thing that would lure her away would be going home, back to Cambridge,” she said. “When that opportunity opened up, I don’t think it was easy for her, but she took...
Even U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan can't resist the lure of a certain statuesque Oscar winner. For years the U.N. has denied filmmakers access to the inside of its New York City headquarters--Alfred Hitchcock couldn't get in to shoot his 1959 thriller North by Northwest. But director Sydney Pollack won approval last week to film The Interpreter, in which NICOLE KIDMAN plays a translator who overhears an assassination plot. Diplomats are now inquiring whether they'll get to meet Kidman and how they can become extras. Perhaps peace in the Middle East can be brokered...
...company that publishes this magazine, going up on Columbus Circle at a corner of Central Park in Manhattan. Himmel had five restaurant spaces to fill and needed a megastar to anchor the project. Even though Keller had left New York under a cloud, Himmel was betting he could lure him back. The enticement was prime location--floor space in one of the most exclusive parts of the city, with a postcard view of the park...