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...also enjoyed a film career of late, has been tapped to star in a remake of “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,” the 1948 comedy starring Cary Grant. The film was previously reinterpreted in 1986 as “The Money Pit,” a film featuring Tom Hanks. Now that Cube has joined the ranks of American sweethearts like Grant and Hanks, I think it’s safe to say that whatever remained of his street credibility is shot...
...company that is quirky and practically shouts it out. The lava lamps and electric scooters that replaced the original Segways at the "Googleplex" headquarters in Mountain View have become iconic. There is also a sand-volleyball court, a pair of heated lap pools and, for some reason, a ball pit with dozens of brightly colored plastic balls, like the one you throw the kids into at Ikea. The dress code? "You have to wear something," says Schmidt. And even he can't explain the (phoneless) London-style phone booth that stands in one hallway--"Who bought that?!" he wonders aloud...
...tattered American flag recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. The production had surprising lulls, though, such as the boring balloon heads who followed the fake cows pulled by waltzers in Holsteinesque spotted costumes on the white-floored performance ring, which the choregraphers called a mosh pit (piazzetta). Actually, according to the Opening? Ceremonies Media Guide, a fat 68 pages in both English and Italian, those were not technically "balloon heads." They were 50 snow women, "symbolizing winter snowflakes." So there...
...fact, I will take them a step further. I hereby extend a formal offer to the Sox skipper.Mr. Guillen, you are invited to Cambridge, Mass.Upon arrival, you will be subsequently “[dropped] in the middle of Harvard”—which I suppose means The Pit, or the circle of tourists in front of the John Harvard statue—to fend for yourself.You will have nothing at your disposal. No cell phone, no bat, no glove, no pen, no paper, no World Series ring. But you will find a list of Harvard-centric challenges which...
...prohibitively raucous canine nation. His public gestures were tasteful. He refused to sit in Sharon's seat at the first Cabinet meeting or use Sharon's office. He gave no interviews, a real departure for a politician who had served as the Prime Minister's talk-radio pit bull. He traded his famously dreadful orange ties for blue and black stripes. He was not seen smoking one of his beloved cigars. He looked very much the leader...