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Beer bereavement runs rampant in the Yard. Those protesting new restrictions on the availability of alcohol claim that if we alter the manner in which alcohol is delivered to the bloodstream, students will drink more. A corollary of that line of thought is that any controls on alcohol, especially banning alcohol for those under 21, produces more drinking...
...carpet celebrity as austere diversion is passé—Blind Date, American Idol or Becoming have brought fame beyond the realm of fantasy to remote possibility for millions. While Casablancas and company are certainly too talented to be compared to the likes of Justin Guarini, their earthly manner suggests that there is a dangerous arbitrariness to who stands in front of a screaming arena, and who is destined for the annals of obscurity. The Strokes seem to be content with either, as long as there’s booze...
...very complex puzzle, or it might have been the violent crime equivalent of a Bronx cheer in the direction of police - ("You think you know what I'm going to do next? Think again."). Either way, the killer seems to be acting in a very deliberate, controlled manner, and is clever enough not to have been caught yet - two factors that belie a slipshod, random methodology...
With his clipped cadences and precise, impatient manner, Seereeram talks like an accountant of the green-eyeshade era. But in his eight years as a merchant banker at Citibank Trinidad, he helped bring the island into the world of structured finance, which involved complex deals that aided Trinidadian businesses in minimizing their tax liabilities and hedging against swings in interest rates. "Citi had the reputation of being innovative, sailing close to the wind and dominating the capital market," says Richard Young, managing director of Scotiabank, a Canadian institution with a division in Trinidad. Seereeram rose to managing director at Citibank...
...McKee is captivating as the story's enigmatic touchstone, whom every Forsyte irrationally and immediately loves or despises (or both). The production is lush, racy and frank: we don't just hear that Irene "[takes] steps to prevent" having a child with Soames; we see that--in the contraceptive manner of the time--she douches after sex. But the themes (love vs. money, bohemians vs. the Man) probably appeared more vital in 1969; Soames is no less a villain, but Bosinney now seems, unintentionally, a bit of a preening artiste...