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...been a fan-frenzied few months for Boston sports. First, swarms of patriotic golf fans descended on the Country Club in Brookline to watch the Americans bring home the Ryder Cup. Then, attention focused on post-season baseball as the Red Sox vyed for a World Series berth and fans wondered if this scrappy, never-say-die club would finally reverse the curse that has plagued the team since...
...ends and the Ryder Cup spectators make their way to the dining room charmed by the young men of Harvard, a buzz that might last another 18 holes. After the semi-formal crowd has gone, the Kroks return to the Upstairs Bar to kill some time before their next show. With the mutual fund managers gone, the room has returned to its rightful owners. An abandoned martini sits on the fireplace mantle, the olive within more closely resembling a preserved biology specimen than a cocktail. A fire blazes beneath the mantle; the air conditioner whirs in the corner. The charmed...
...room and remind him to rejoin the group for their next concert. That was an hour ago and now Chess and the rest of the Kroks are sitting around in the parlor at the Faculty Club, waiting to sing for more corporate types fresh off a day at the Ryder Cup. Increasingly drunk, the PricewaterhouseCoopers crowd, who have rented the club for the night, give speeches about one another, their wives, their golf and the English as the Kroks, prepare their fail-safe routine. A few grab pitchers of water and drape napkins over their arms to disguise themselves...
...most part, just looking for applause and the invitation to sing one more, not to use their charm to ooze their way up a corporate ladder. It is charm for the sake of charm, not for use as a weapon. This is what endears them, at least to their Ryder Cup audience...
...subsequent releases. Now, in what must be a lothario's nightmare, Vanity Fair has assembled 007's sirens for a group photo. Since Bond has vanquished more vixens than villains, it was a big group (this is only a third of them). From left, they are: URSULA ANDRESS (Honey Ryder), SHIRLEY EATON (Jill Masterson, coated in paint in Goldfinger), HONOR BLACKMAN (Pussy Galore), LUCIANA PALUZZI (Fiona Volpe), JILL ST. JOHN (Tiffany Case) and LANA WOOD (Plenty O'Toole). Where's Miss Moneypenny when you need...