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...London policeman. Moore had more than his share of childhood illnesses - tonsils, pneumonia - but still succeeded in growing up into an almost freakishly handsome young man. His first love was drawing and animation, but one day - he must have been around 17 - he tagged along with some chums to pick up work as a film extra. A friendly director put him up for an audition at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. "As I stood on the stage, I knew at that moment that all I'd ever wanted to be was an actor. I'd found my true vocation...
...accidental wave results from momentarily forgetting that the athletes you write or cheer about do not know you as well as you know them. For example, last year in the Yard, I spotted an individual on one of the teams I consistently cover. Approaching him, who I could easily pick out in a crowd while rattling off his impressive rookie statistics, I smiled and gave a big wave. The response was a look of confusion, and as soon as I passed him, I realized my faux pas. This athlete and I had never actually met—I had never...
...assuming the "macro market" continues - and looking at certain measures like volatility, Merrill thinks it will continue at least into the first quarter of 2009 - does that mean you should pick out some industry-focused funds, or ETFs, to invest in? Well, maybe not. Keep in mind that you still have the daunting task of picking the right industries. What might be a sounder strategy, if you aren't satisfied with broad-based mutual funds and insist on playing games in the stock market, is finding stocks that haven't been tracking their...
...those worried about the lack of humor in the oval office, McCain’s vice-presidential pick was a breath of fresh air. Indeed, Sarah Palin’s greatest contribution to the campaign was her evident willingness to take up the Bush comedy mantle. Her incoherent strings of folksy wisdom fell into the laps of impressionists and writers like a godsend. A President Palin would have been everything President Bush was and then some—pregnant teenagers with crazy names! Hunting mishaps! Negligible foreign policy experience! And when American voters said “no?...
...middle. Lorditch outran everybody for the 76-yard touchdown on his only catch.After the two-point conversion, the score was 14-7, a lead the Crimson would not relinquish.Olawale, in his second career start, wasted an opportunity for the Lions to respond, rolling right and throwing a pick directly to corner Andrew Berry sitting in zone coverage.Looking to tack on more points in the second quarter, Harvard failed to take advantage of the interception, as Long missed a field goal try wide left.Two drives later, Columbia threatened to claw its way back, reaching the Harvard 30-yard line before facing...