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...Dynasty restaurant) and something vaguely resembling the old Belgian Congo (the Safari Steakhouse). The decor inside the hotel is a giddy clash between the Forbidden City and Disneyland, in which virtually everything is either pink or purple -- unless it's gold. There are pink acoustic-tile ceilings, pink slot machines, pink Louis XV chairs in the reception area. There is a pink motorcycle parked in the '50s diner called Rock and Rolls, and there are pink chandeliers in Scheherazade, the restaurant overlooking the baccarat pit. (The Scheherazade is conveniently located so that gamblers below can order whatever they fancy...
...single member of its jointly hired junior faculty has received tenure at Harvard. With its excessive teaching demands, even the most organized and brilliant of young scholars have found it nearly imossible to produce at a level that would have given them a passing shot at a tenure slot...
Floridian freshman Rachel Pollock--a better player outdoors--moved from sixth singles up to the fourth slot against Pepperdine. The gamble paid off, as Pollock pulverized Pepperdine's Anna Lefebvre by a 6-0, 6-0 margin...
...show I panned called me up and asked to see me to talk "philosophically" about reviewing. In the spirit of fairness, I accepted. He worked his way up to the charge: the principal organization behind the show had applied to various House drama societies for a production slot in the fall and had been turned down everywhere-all because of my review. This is truly astonishing. Because of me. I think there might have been a better reason: the production sucked...
...that production--the pathetic set, the confused, undirected actors--or who heard the tales (after the fact, as I did) of parents and friends being called in to clean up the messy staging and to coach the actors, would be crazy to give money and a coveted directing slot to an organization so clearly incapable of exercising any judgement. But with a little psychological displacement, you can blame anyone for failure...