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...bloody figures: 378,154 words in the first 99 columns, for an average of 3,820 words per story. The shortest piece was the first, an introduction to the scope and aims of the enterprise. That came in under 2,000 words. The pieces averaged about 2,500 words for the first few months, then just grew like Pinocchio?s nose. The longest column was on a dozen films made from Woolrich novels and stories. That one (it was the second of two Woolrich pieces - I do get carried away) ran more than 7,600, and I fear that, somewhere...
Though Reese probably wishes he had been the one to dish out the opening blow, more than a decade of shared experience prevented him from harboring even the shortest of grudges...
...What was that!?” department, FaceMash.com wins the prize for shortest-lived Harvard-based student venture; until it was forced down because the server couldn’t handle the massive amount of traffic, the site juxtaposed pictures of two random undergraduates and asked visitors to decide which student was the more attractive of the pair. The site’s creator, Mark E. Zuckerberg ’06, was later asked to appear before the Ad Board for using without permission the official college facebook photographs...
Bernakevitch (6’1) is the shortest player on the line, and Maki (195 pounds) is the lightest. That size gave Vermont fits all weekend, as they neutralized UVM’s top scoring line of Jeff Miles, Chris Smart and Brady Leisenring. UVM coach Kevin Sneddon ’92 said they were Harvard’s most valuable line...
...figurines. The largest of Vienna's markets takes place in front of the Rathaus, or City Hall. At the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm, look out for the procession of white-clad girls bearing candles in honor of St. Lucy (her feast is Dec. 13, the year's shortest day before the calendar change). European tour operators offer trips to most of these markets...