Word: slews
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...high school Christmas party, entertainment is provided in the form of skits spoofing the year's top films. Actors such as Kevin Spacey, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Jude Law regularly show up and don cheesy wigs and Wal-Mart dresses to perform mini-sketches. There are usually a slew of inside references to the Weinstein brothers, who created and run Miramax. Last year I observed Michael Eisner (chairman of Miramax parent company Disney) watching the proceedings with all the intensity of an attendee at the Oberammergau passion play...
...This annual bash is held in the style of an English tea party and was initially devised eight years ago to toast the inevitable strong showing each year of British actors. It is a rare year when the "Masterpiece Theatre" effect doesn't reel in a slew of acting nods for British thespians. And those costume design and sound editing categories that give us so much grief in winning the office Oscar pool are usually littered with British technicians...
...party has effectively taken over the role formerly fulfilled by the Lazar bash. While stars want to go to the Vanity Fair party because it's the place to be seen, celebrities seek even harder to attend this bash because it's the most fun. This results in a slew of limos criss-crossing town, as their famous charges try to hit different parties while aiming to finish off the evening with Elton...
...Cambridge's two longtime political parties, the CCA traditionally fielded a slew of candidates in city elections, usually electing four or five to the City Council...
...that more stocks are making highs than lows on the New York Stock Exchange, and money funds had record inflows of $94 billion in January. That's a lot of buying power. Indeed, Christine Callies, chief strategist for Merrill Lynch, believes we're in a "stealth bull market." A slew of smaller companies is doing well while the big stocks are getting taken apart. The average diversified stock fund is down just 7% since the start of last year; 34% have risen, Morningstar reports...