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...readers have always been in search of 15 minutes of fame, 15 minutes of mindless ecstatic delight in the marginalia of our college, continually examined and undressed. Addictively, slavishly, we read FM with our eyes glazed with dim recollection, with our teeth gnashing over memories of the low-fat plum pudding bars and fish pizzaiola which Harvard Dining Services purveys. We are easily stupefied by the most clever publication around. Like the couple in Don Delillo's White Noise, who make love only in the "style" of a certain century, Fifteen Minutes encourages us to revel in the pop cultural...
...spent the next summer in Vancouver as well, having stayed dry for the whole school year. After imbibing liters (it's Canada, come on) of various fermented fluids, I finally got buzzed. Not by the sweet-tasting peach, plum, cherry or pear ciders that were so easy to chug down but still packed an eight percent punch, no. It was on my last afternoon in the lab, when we adjourned for beers. Four beers in less than half an hour was all it took to make me a little wobbly (hardly out of control, though) on the stairs...
...better world than ours in which plum roles were awarded solely on merit, Matthew Broderick probably wouldn't have landed the lead in Broadway's buoyant revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. New York City's army of unemployed actors must include a number of winsome unknowns who can dance more crisply and sing more surely than...
...says Rafael Goyeneche III, managing director of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a police-watchdog group. "Some just slept in their patrol cars." Details also gave rise to brokers in the department, who would organize outside work for a fee. This led to sergeants dispatching higher-ranking officers on plum off-duty jobs. "The real command structure of the department became the detail," says Howell...
...says Rafael Goyeneche III, managing director of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a police-watchdog group. "Some just slept in their patrol cars." Details also gave rise to brokers in the department, who would organize outside work for a fee. This led to sergeants dispatching higher-ranking officers on plum off-duty jobs. "The real command structure of the department became the detail," says Howell...