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...emotional roller-coaster of Housing Day—when the winnowing fan of the random lottery indiscriminately determines freshmen’s residential fate—is nothing if not an effusion of the much-vaunted yet sparingly-sighted sentiment known as “House spirit...
...part of policeman in this pulsating Mediterranean city: quick-witted and classically handsome, with salt-and-pepper hair, mirrored sunglasses and a well-pressed blue uniform. But he's not cracking Mob cases. He's using the STOP paddle in his right hand to pull taxis over at random--checking if their meters are rigged--and show passing motorists in hectic Piazza Garibaldi that the Law is indeed watching, if mostly for minor violations...
They were hoping for a miracle, but all they can do now is turn the other cheek. On Wednesday Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, lost their lawsuit against publisher Random House - again - when Britain's Court of Appeal ruled that Dan Brown had not stolen their ideas for his mega-hit cryptic thriller The Da Vinci Code...
...their own and come up with their own theories," they said in a statement. "It is a carte blanche for those who would rather not bother, but simply take another author's ideas and adapt them." The decision means the Holy Blood authors can't claim massive royalties from Random House (who also published their book) and still have to pay the $6 million legal bill. They can still appeal the appeal and try to convince the House of Lords, Britain's answer to the Supreme Court, to take the case. But at this point, they'd have better luck...
...that Dunster’s masters, the Porters, are the reason Funster is so unfun. If the rumor isn’t true, Dunsterites really have no excuse.ELIOT: Eliot is home to Master Lino, who gives speeches about Dante and Charles Eliot flying over the Charles together at random, wine-sodden special dinners. The linoleum floors are straight out of the projects and the JCR is always booked, but at least you have the “Eliot House Mafia,” otherwise known as the Resident tutors, to get your back in your wars against the unfriendly dining...