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...glasses and mugs instead of paper cups in all dining halls besides the Union Even in Adams and Quincy--which try hard to hide their reuseable cups--have mugs or glasses that you can use. Bring your own mug for take-out coffee--it's nicer than paper anyway. Save old handouts and notices and write your rough-drafts of papers, problem sets or letters on the back of them, instead if using fresh paper. Take lecture notes on both sides of each sheet of paper in notebooks or yellow pads. Use handkerchiefs instead of paper tissues--they are cheaper...
...blond comer at NBC who was brought in to read the news on the top-rated Today show. TV gossips surmised that Norville was being groomed to replace Jane Pauley, 38, as Bryant Gumbel's co-host. Suddenly the Today show became high- tension drama: Is Bryant being nicer to Deborah than to Jane? Did you notice a chill in the air? Cue the organ music...
...customers, however, complain about curdled sauces or curling asparagus tips. "It's always delivered just right," says Manhattan investment banker Harry Ozawa. He treats himself to home-delivered delicacies two or three times a week. Why? Because, explains Ozawa, it's so much nicer than eating pizza every night. At $125 or so a pop, it should...
...subway home." Whyte concedes that he has no plan to solve the litany of urban problems, but he denies he is a dreamer. "I am an anti-Utopian," he says. "We've got a lot of problems in New York that are not going to be solved by having nicer parks. I speak with no sentiment at all. I am very scared of the city. I've been mugged twice...
...wrong house, an isolated, spooky Victorian monstrosity; from then on, the mystery evolves into deciding who is crazier, the hosts or the uninvited guests. In the Act is a wickedly funny send-up of android sci-fi, featuring a voluptuous male-fantasy robot (named, naturally, Dolly) who is much nicer than any of the humans around her. In the title story, an actress in a grade-B theatrical company falls for an odd, possibly psychotic lawyer who wants to use her in a complicated revenge and moneymaking scheme. Her only onstage talent is her ability to scream convincingly...