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...disheartening news over the UC party fund’s near-demise earlier this term soon revealed a trail of inept, yet distinctly haughty, negotiation with the administration over the summer. Dean David Pil-mean had garnered most of the ire from students frustrated by this development, but the UC and its leaders deserve the lion’s share of blame for their uncompromising line throughout the ordeal...
...think it's necessary if you feel it's too much [togetherness]. About six percent of people ultimately stay together [in the same workplace]. I think ultimately people want some separation. That being said, that doesn't mean they leave the company. A lot of times, people just transfer to different departments or move onward. On the other hand, that doesn't mean they have to, either. I've worked in offices where people stayed in the same place and worked together really, really well...
...Just because it's called an office romance doesn't mean you should conduct it in an office. So our first bit of advice is to get it outside. You don't really want to ask somebody out on a date over their desk. Oftentimes these relationships are so enmeshed before they become romantic that you usually have quite a few opportunities of being alone with the person outside the office to ask. Do not in any circumstance use e-mail or IM. E-mail is not your personal property. It is the corporation's property. It is not private...
...doesn’t plan to live in his childhood neighborhood; it’s not a safe place to raise kids. That doesn’t mean he wants his daughters to go to cotillions...
...musical [“Urinetown”]. “Manuscript” is a straight play, so the acting needs to be a lot more sincere.RR: So it’s like two Yalies versus one Harvardian. Sounds like an analogy for something.DC: Well yeah, I mean obviously they would have needed two football teams to beat us this year because just one didn’t do the job too well.RR: Is there any physical violence in the play?DC: Oh, I’m not telling. There may be a kung-fu scene...