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...grandfather. Both my grandfathers were literary dilettantes. That is to say they wrote execrable poetry with great enthusiasm. They had most of Tennyson memorized.THC: How Victorian of them!GT: Edwardian. I’m not of that age yet.THC: Are you inspired by any screen idols? Cary Grant? Gregory Peck? Jimmy Stewart?GT: Oh yes, Cary Grant was a fantastically careful man. In the really old films the men were dressed wonderfully, and it’s amazing what these men can do with their handkerchiefs. Bing Crosby, in the early films, is amazing. His handkerchief is hanging down like...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Trend is Nigh: The Snappy Styles of Gordon Teskey | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

...instant-messaging program from the developers' site (mentioned above) also had some quirks. While I liked the interface more than that of many PDAs and most phones-that is, I could easily jump between conversations and other windows; however, I had to peck in every letter like a chicken. It might not be as labor intensive as texting using a thumbpad, but unlike texting, it doesn't get much easier with practice. If you want to use a 770 for instant messaging, you may want to spring the $100 to $150 for a Bluetooth keyboard to go with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nokia 770 Internet Tablet | 12/28/2005 | See Source »

...Also, take it slow. The first kiss will usually begin with a gentle peck on the lips. And if the mood hits, it can then develop into something more passionate. But don’t think that you’ll go directly from point A to the moon...

Author: By Nicole B. Urken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR NIKKI: Getting the timing right | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

DIED. M. SCOTT PECK, 69, ex-military psychiatrist credited with pioneering publishing's self-help genre with his best-selling 1978 life manual, The Road Less Traveled; of pancreatic and liver cancer; in Warren, Conn. Although he freely admitted he was not always able to heed his own advice--he acknowledged having such bad habits as drinking and womanizing--Peck differed from his successors by emphasizing the arduous task of self-examination, insisting that "life is difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 10, 2005 | 10/2/2005 | See Source »

DIED. BROCK PETERS, 78, stage and screen actor best known for his moving portrayal of Tom Robinson, a black man wrongly accused of rape and defended by Gregory Peck, in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird; of pancreatic cancer; in Los Angeles. Born George Fisher in Harlem, N.Y., the gifted bass singer toured cabaret clubs before making his film debut in 1954 as a vicious sergeant in Otto Preminger's landmark all-black production of Carmen Jones. Determined to shed his villainous image, he played a gay trumpet player in the film The L-Shaped Room and won a Tony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 5, 2005 | 8/28/2005 | See Source »

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