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...Slow and Steady It was at once sad and edifying to read that British navy mascot Timothy the Tortoise died in Britain at age 160 [April 19]. Despite wars, ethnic and religious strife, environmental destruction and the ongoing extinction of wildlife species, Timothy was a fortunate tortoise who endured and endeared during a monumentally long existence. And even though this turtle was a distinguished navy veteran, we can assume that it was unaffected by fame and not prone to vainglory! Brien Comerford Glenview...
...Bobby, Jeff Barnett has a gawky charm eclipsed by the sophistication of his beloved, though there’s not much chemistry between them. As Polly’s father Everett, Evan A. North ‘05 manages to turn the plainest lines into jokes with his slow, painfully thoughtful delivery. The Follies are appropriately bouncy, and the cowboys, fully aware of being self-parodies, stage fake shootouts in the saloon and discuss the symbolism of Eugene O’Neill between folksongs...
...doubts won’t subside. A few weeks before Kirby encouraged them to work, the same first-year students received a letter from then Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 titled: “Slow Down: Getting More out of Harvard by Doing Less.” Part of me wishes I had slowed down, relaxed, or taken other paths. In high school, I had dreams of playing Division I basketball. Height and talent might have been limiting factors, but so was the devotion to other pursuits—academic and extracurricular?...
...theory: blame Florida.) After he announced the results, Ryan Seacrest looked into the camera and implored the audience to vote for the talent. Right. The American Idol folks are shocked that people would rather see Simon Cowell go to work on some undertalented human target than listen to another slow ballad for Paula Abdul to fawn over. Don't they watch reality...
Since then, Albertson's and other big chains have publicly vowed to follow suit. Safeway, for instance, has gone dead net with a few vendors but admits that the evolution is slow because it takes so long to sift through years' worth of byzantine allowances in order to compute--and compare--dead net. "It's a little bit like translating some ancient scrolls that you might find in the Dead Sea that are in a language that you don't know," Burd told analysts. It's an honest--and stunning--admission that Safeway doesn't know what its true costs...