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...President, the press secretary reports blandly, has suffered "a slight circulatory problem of the head." That's spin doctor -- better yet, parody spin doctor -- for a stroke that has left the Commander in Chief an aspiring kumquat...
...said they had learned to disguise the hundreds of tiny ways they attempt to accommodate the demands of home and office. "I sometimes lie about where I am when my babysitter is off," says one M.B.A. A Boston attorney admits, "My son has been sent to school with a slight temperature because there was no other solution . . . I have gone to work sick to save sick days for when my son is sick...
Early in the fourth period, Harvard found itself holding a slight edge, 11-10. The Crimson had taken an 8-5 lead into halftime, and built that lead up to 10-6 in the third but saw Vermont battle back...
...founder and chairman, does not on first glimpse look like the most powerful man in show business. His scratchy voice and gap-toothed grin are real, even warm. This is the guy who sends streams of cold sweat down elegantly coiffed necks? This guy with the rosy complexion and slight stoop, who gives the impression that he has all the time in the world to hear about your weekend? Who keeps a giant bowl of Hershey's Kisses and a Gumby doll in his office...
...think that maybe this would be kind of a slight to Harvard sports, and the volleyball team would take offense...