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...egos were inevitable -- setting gossip columns abuzz with rumors of supposed slights and rebuffs. Kim Basinger and Robert De Niro, who stumped for the campaign, did not initially receive invitations. Kathleen Turner phoned asking to come but did not have her calls returned. When Geena Davis first offered to perform, same story. Bette Midler was asked to sing but -- good heavens! -- was not invited to any parties. By far the most egregious insult was suffered by Paula Abdul. After losing a bid to perform at the Presidential Gala, Abdul was instead requested to appear at the Salute to Youth...
...order to perform my review, I needed to obtain factual information," said Marshall, who was senior partner at Choate before coming to Harvard in November. "All of the security guards have been invited to be interviewed...
...also aided the school's newspaper, student government, and computer literacy courses. Other projects encourage university staff and student volunteers to tutor and perform other educational work in Chelsea. "I spend a lot of time working in Chelsea," Clemente says...
...offers began even before his brother was elected. His first putative sponsors were a group of journalists from Esquire magazine, who saw him perform at the Democratic Convention: Roger was the long-haired Clinton with the mike during the Circle of Friends finale who almost overshadowed the nominee every time he thrust his fist upward with the show-biz earnestness of a crooner. Mostly as a lark, the journalists formed a company called Snarling Jackass Productions, each putting up $250, to try to snag Roger a record contract. They persuaded him to cut a demonstration tape in Nashville, but after...
...such high velocities, explains Richard Mushotzky of NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center, that a "cloud like this would have dissipated into space long ago, leaving nothing for us to detect, unless it was held together by the gravity of an immense mass." The unseen mass needed to perform this function may outweigh the amount of visible material by an astounding...