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...when the doorbell rings, a little late. Clooney hit traffic, his assistant called to say, on his way back from visiting his girlfriend in Las Vegas. He's wearing faded jeans, black laced boots and a zip-up sweater, and he looks less like a movie star than a normal, un-Botoxed 46-year-old unmarried guy coming over for dinner, but he also looks like he's excited to be here because wherever he is, George Clooney's also there. He hasn't brought any wine, and I worry that this guesting thing is just not going to work...
...play expected in Division I basketball. As a high school star who towered above the competition both literally and figuratively, Markley has had to learn how to use her body to her advantage and to play defense without the easy block as a backup plan. On top of these normal adjustments, Markley suffered a concussion in October that kept her off the court for more than five weeks. During that time, she watched from the sidelines as her teammates learned plays and found their places in the new system. Her year away from basketball was already forcing her to work...
...People in Indiana don’t get involved in the entertainment industry,” Riverton says. “They become doctors or lawyers or find other normal jobs. I never even made the connection that you could do that for a living...
...expensive—and, ironically, too popular. HUDS faces a perverse incentive not to provide food that too many people will eat, since every additional meal they serve is a loss. These incentives would be reversed if dining halls charged for food, since they would, like any normal business, seek to maximize, rather than minimize, sales. Furthermore, it would force dining halls to compete directly with area restaurants that have to charge for meals, ensuring higher-quality food and service in the dining halls and benefiting local business. Opponents might argue that such a plan, which would require students...
...people without a script,” he said. “I probably should have had a couple of drinks.” Friedman added that she was surprised that Walken was so different from many of his on-screen personas. “He was remarkably normal,” she said. Attendees to the black-tie event filed back into their seats after the ceremony for the opening performance of the Hasty Pudding’s newest show, “Fable Attraction.” Gabrielle M. Domb ’11 said she had come...