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...turns out that Harry Potter has spawned an enormous output of "fan fiction," original stories featuring the Hogwarts gang written by aficionados and posted on the Internet. A curiously large proportion of the stories are in what is called the "slash" category, describing Harry's heretofore unpublicized gay liaisons in stories such as Night of the Round Table. Harry is one of the most popular protagonists in this underground literary form, although he's not alone. (Others include Don Quixote, Ben Hur, Nero Wolfe and, less imaginatively, Frank and Joe Hardy.) Warner Bros. has no plans to include this...
...consultants and Wall Street investment bankers know that, and you’ve been busy cutting costs wherever possible at your firms. Problem is, you think it will actually help your firms if you cut down on the number of Harvard students you recruit this fall, and if you slash the logo-imprinted giveaways, lavish dinners and other such perks you used to use to lure us into your companies, back in the good old days...
...public service. McCain and Bayh should be applauded for launching a truly bi-partisan proposal that has the potential to harness the energy and talent of ordinary Americans. McCain and Bayh propose to increase funding for programs like AmeriCorps, a Clinton administration program that House Republicans threatened to slash earlier this year...
...Dominic. A guy was holding his stick, and [Moore] took his stick and jammed it on the guy to get him off," Mazzoleni said, "We spoke to Dom regarding this. He knows the way people are going to play against him. They're going to clutch, grab, and slash...
...world's second-largest application-software supplier after Microsoft, SAP soared to global prominence with software that helps speed decision-making, slash costs and give managers control over global empires by bringing together a company's operations, from order-taking to manufacturing to accounting...