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...gave his take on all the fuss. “Have you seen the freshman girls?” he exclaimed. “Why shouldn’t they be free? They’re hot!” The interview was cut short as Burros had a minor epiphany: “Why am I talking to an FM reporter? I’m in a fucking toga...
Yale should be commended for its efforts to provide access to education for otherwise-qualified individuals convicted of minor drug offenses. Education is not an incentive to be dangled before teenagers in an effort to keep them from experimenting with drugs; though it may act as a small deterrent for some, the manifest injustice of the policy renders the means unacceptable in achieving the ends...
...selection of The Verve Pipe comes on the heels of a minor controversy for the council over what band would be chosen to play at the event—the first time Springfest will be co-sponsored by University President Lawrence H. Summers’ office...
...henchman is a minor character in a fleeting scene in Some Like It Hot, but Billy Wilder couldn't resist giving him a line with a nifty reverse spin on it. That was Wilder all over. He gave Hollywood's top stars their finest, fullest roles: Greta Garbo (Ninotchka), Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity), Gloria Swanson (Sunset Blvd.), Audrey Hepburn (Sabrina and Love in the Afternoon), Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot), Jack Lemmon (The Apartment and six others). And what was in it for the viewer? Roiling dramatic dilemmas, complex adult characters and, memorably, some of the tastiest slices...
...Stack's firm, each worker at Gore enjoys broad discretion to make minor decisions. Bigger ones--hiring and firing, setting compensation--are made by committees whose members constantly shift with the demands of the business. Anyone can start a new project simply by persuading enough people to go along with the idea. Even Bob Gore, 64, chairman and son of the founders, has his compensation set by a committee...