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...know from Pretty Woman anyway) seems a smidgeon too steep. And was this grad just being facetious? Or do our four years here teach us, in addition to reading critically and coming up with two-minute soundbytes in sections, to be functioning, socialized adults in a certain stratum of plum society...

Author: By Sue Meng, | Title: Imaginary Lint | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...hopes that the ballet’s popularity would draw crowds to see a “sweet and nice and pretty” show full of nostalgia and holiday spirit. Daines emphasizes, though, that the show is more art than it is a cozy blend of sugar plum fairies and dancing glasses of hot chocolate. “It’s good dancing,” she says. “We’re not kidding around here. This is not a puppet show...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Holiday Classic Revisited | 12/5/2002 | See Source »

Theater ad packages are generally three or four minutes long, for products ranging from M&M's to the U.S. Army. The revenue stream is a plum for theater owners, who can earn as much as $4 million for five weeks of summer ads. But are they pushing the limit with moviegoers? Even some ad people are nervous. "It's a very delicate place to advertise," says Alex Bogusky, creative director for Crispin Porter + Bogusky, an agency in Miami that created prefilm BMW commercials. "People have paid money to go see a film. You can do real harm. You show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Zapping These Commercials | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...clever foldaway devices to keep you amused even if you don't spend most of the 20-hour ride in one of the three bars or the dining car. But dinner is the highlight of the trip. As you tuck into your fillet of kangaroo with native pepperleaf and plum sauce, a banquet of scenery is delivered to your window?vistas of sand and spinifex grass, with salt plains for seasoning and a stunning sunset to round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 11/10/2002 | See Source »

...resolution passing the 15-member Security Council by more than the nine votes needed are good. Britain's support is assured, and France is moving closer to the U.S. position; Bush's announcement that the U.S. will rejoin the Paris-based U.N. cultural agency unesco, officials say, was a plum aimed at rewarding the French. Russian support for action is also close, U.S. negotiators claim, and China, the last of the veto-wielding permanent members, is probably going to go along with the group consensus. "I think all the members of the council are now seized with the issue," Secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing the U.N. Card | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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