Word: sirens
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...There are siren moments," George Steiner once wrote, "when quite normal creatures otherwise engaged, men such as Lenin and myself, feel like giving up everything--marriage, mortgages, careers, the Russian Revolution--in order to spend their days and nights moving little carved objects up and down a quadrate board." My hope is that after a couple of weeks I'll OD and swear off the stuff. I'll fall so far off the wagon that, in reaction, I won't have another taste for years. But just in case it does not turn out that way, be warned...
...drag the proceedings through years of appeals, by which point the original suit might no longer apply to the software market. But by invoking Standard Oil, which owned 90 percent of the U.S. oil market before it was broken up in 1910, Jackson sent out a warning siren that no firm, no matter how powerful or vital to the national economy, is beyond the reach of the federal scalpel...
...comes word that top fashion model GISELE BUNDCHEN, 20, is asking for--and receiving--a record $7,000 an hour to glissade down the runway for the world's top designers. Gisele's rate is hardly scaring off clients; according to Women's Wear Daily, the Brazilian siren was in such high demand at last week's New York City Fashion Week that designer Tommy Hilfiger shelled out $15,000 for Bundchen to do two turns on the catwalk. Of course, there is a downside to being young, rich and beautiful: Marc Jacobs reportedly cut Gisele from his show because...
...only format are already underway...Andrea Rabinowitz '01 has found a real community in the pfoho-open mailing list. "I love these people like a family," she gushed, "I've even arranged to meet some of them in person."...Jason P. Welch '01 has a great view of senior siren Rene I. Phillips' 6th floor window in Leverett Towers. Armed with $400 binoculars, Jason was upset to find Ms. Phillips wiling away her time updating her World Wide Web home page. "I just posted my resume, and some essays I wrote about Constitutional Law," said Rene, "And I updated...
...past year, and while she loves the perks of the entertainment beat--movie screenings, parties, beautiful people--she has grown weary of at least one thing. "The opening chords of Entertainment Tonight drive me positively nuts," says Orecklin, who nevertheless perseveres (except on those rare occasions when Jeopardy's siren song proves too strong to ignore). For this week's People page, Orecklin reports on the breakup of Ted Turner and Jane Fonda. Although Turner is vice chairman of Time Warner, [parent of TIME's publisher] and a certified big shot, he'll not be spared Orecklin's sharp needle...