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Lepore, who was responsible for developing Jameson’s character, explained that the story was written first over weekly e-mail exchanges. Then, after the two protagonists finally met in person, so too did the authors, at each other’s houses over cups...
...After doing my best to participate nonchalantly in one of these activities for a while, I’d slink off to class, a few minutes too early.If one is willing to sacrifice respiratory health, meeting Spaniards is exponentially easier. I learned this my very first day, when I met Patricia. As we both waited in class, long before the professor would arrive, she invited me into the hallway for a smoke. Patricia’s severe face was framed by long dreadlocks, and her baggy outfit announced that she probably had more important concerns than clothes. Fumbling around...
...Even before this fall, trivia has held a constant presence in Schleicher’s life throughout his undergraduate years. Troy C. Murrell ’09, who met Schleicher when the two were freshmen, said that they used to do New York Times crossword puzzles and play Trivial Pursuit. Last summer, they took a team to trivia night at Charlie’s Kitchen...
...wife Joyce, both 71, came to the first meeting in December. So did Chris Melendez, a self-employed art dealer who lives about 30 miles away. Richardson's old motorcycle buddy Al Leandre brought his wife, a public-school teacher, and passed the word to some friends he had met through his government-contracting business. With a few clicks of a mouse, the Owings Grass Roots Group was born...
...best measurement of Obama's grass-roots power may still be its unrealized potential. In December, when the Owings group first met, about 4,500 house parties were held around the country, and a total of 550,000 people responded to an online survey asking how they would like to contribute their time and energy over the coming years. At about the same time, nearly 5,000 groups responded to a call from Obama's transition team for reports on the best ways to tackle health-care reform. More recently, some 100,000 people participated in an interactive feature...