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...students were caught Saturday night breaking into the castle of the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Bow Street social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, according to Harvard Police...
...remember another recent attempt at putting "Emma" on the big screen: "Clueless," resplendent with Beverly Hills bird-brains. Some logic might dictate that "Clueless" changes the locale and pace of the novel so radically--Emma would say "Whatever" only if followed by a four-line sentence sprinkled with semi-colons--that it couldn't possibly be a more loyal version. But where "Clueless" successfully looked to a new world ripe for the axing, McGrath's "Emma" creates an uncomfortable mix by updating an old world with more simplified satire and a touch of modern sensibility...
...magazine which was about to publish a story reporting his sexual orientation as retribution for his support of a federal bill rejecting same-sex marriages. Jeff Yarbrough, editor in chief of The Advocate, a national gay magazine, said it was hypocritical of Kolbe to live a "semi-open homosexual life" in Washington and then vote against a "pro-gay referendum." Kolbe said he was initially angry about being pressured to disclose the information, but told the Associated Press that having done so, he was relieved. The divorced Republican, who is running for a seventh term in Congress, said "That...
...talk "like a Jew," and suggested the position of Vice President should be re-established, with himself in the role. As a strongman, "I look more like a Vice President," he told state television. "I need more powers," he said, even though he described himself as "a semi-democrat" at best. In an indirect attack on Chernomyrdin, who retains close links with the natural-gas industry he once headed, Lebed accused the "energy barons" of accumulating "overwhelming influence." Lebed was bold enough last week to send Yeltsin a list of names he thought should be selected for the next Cabinet...
Watson was chosen for the Cambridge job from a group of 160 applicants, narrowed to 11 semi-finalists and five finalists. He is the second police commissioner to come from outside of Cambridge, following Perry Anderson, who left the post...